“The pot calls the kettle black.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book IV, Ch. 43.
“Al Franken deserves condemnation, but President Trump's intervention, given his own self-confessed misconduct, makes what should be bipartisan seem merely partisan. Not helpful. Pots and kettles, Mr. President, pots and kettles.”
Twitter post https://twitter.com/McCormickProf/status/931493632468758528 (17 November 2017) <br class="br">2017
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