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Proverb · Sentence

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler)1859 British compilationSentence
SOURCE TEXT · English source edition
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
HISTORICAL SOURCE CONTEXT

Proverbs of All Nations · Walter K. Kelly · 1859

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Only the main proverb span from the fixed English source is published. Higher-risk thematic sections and residual stereotype-bearing entries are excluded; explanations, variants and modern rewrites are not included.

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