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      …and as this is often misinterpreted, the kettle is shiny and clean so the pot sees its own reflection distorted and blames it on the reflector…

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        So the earliest we have of this kind of saying is from Don Quixote where it is about deflecting hypocritical criticism from the 1600s. The shiny kettle/black pot version is more recent one gaining prominence in the late 1800s.