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“People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What does it mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A phrase one can say meaning people should not criticize others for faults that they have themselves.<\/p>\n

Where does it come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It originated during the early Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were a tumultuous, yet fascinating period of history: Robert the Bruce, the Black Death, and\u00a0Canterbury Tales<\/i>.<\/p>\n

According to some online sources, the phrase was first noted in Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s \u2018Troilus and Criseyde<\/em>\u2019 in 1385. But, it is thought that Chaucer took it from the bible. John 8:7 says, \u201cLet him without sin, be the first to throw a stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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