<P> This version was also recorded in England soon afterwards as "The pot calls the pan burnt - arse" in John Clarke's collection of proverbs, Paroemiologia Anglo - Latina (1639). A nearer approach to the present wording is provided by William Penn in his collection Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims (1682): </P> <Dl> <Dd> "If thou hast not conquer'd thy self in that which is thy own particular Weakness, thou hast no Title to Virtue, tho' thou art free of other Men's . For a Covetous Man to inveigh against Prodigality, an Atheist against Idolatry, a Tyrant against Rebellion, or a Lyer against Forgery, and a Drunkard against Intemperance, is for the Pot to call the Kettle black ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "If thou hast not conquer'd thy self in that which is thy own particular Weakness, thou hast no Title to Virtue, tho' thou art free of other Men's . For a Covetous Man to inveigh against Prodigality, an Atheist against Idolatry, a Tyrant against Rebellion, or a Lyer against Forgery, and a Drunkard against Intemperance, is for the Pot to call the Kettle black ." </Dd> <P> Apart from the final example in this passage, there is not a strict accord between the behaviour of the critic and the person censured . </P>

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