“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
Imagine if you lived in a glass house. It wouldn’t be very wise to go outside and throw stones at someone, would it? They would then throw stones back at you, and as a result, your house would break and crash to the ground.
In this proverb, “stones” is likely referring to “harsh words” or “untruths”. It is unwise to spread rumors or try and ruin the reputation of one person if you have bad things of your own that you do not want anyone to find out about.
Why tell everyone that you neighbor is having an affair with someone other than his wife, if you are secretly having an affair of your own?
Why claim that your friend talks about people behind their back, if you are doing it yourself?
Why gossip about anyone’s behavior if you are doing similar things yourself, secretly? Like a stone hitting a glass house, your reputation will crumble and crash in the end for being such a hypocrite.
That’s what this proverb means to me.^^
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