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A quote. Could anybody trace an author?

Hello there,
I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man that had no feet". Does anybody know its author, or is it just a saying originating deep in the history of mankind Emotion: smile ? Regards,
Jurek
  

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[nq:1]I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man that had no feet". [/nq] I just Googled "until I met a man that had no feet" and came up with a number of hits and many variations in the wording of the saying, but no answer. What do you call a man with no feet?

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  • [nq:1]I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man that had no feet".
  • [/nq] I just Googled "until I met a man that had no feet" and came up with a number of hits and many variations in the wording of the saying, but no answer.
  • What do you call a man with no feet?
  • Neil.
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[nq:1]I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man that had no feet". Does anybody know its author, or is it just a saying originating deep in the history of mankind
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[nq:1]Hello there, I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man ... know its author, or is it just a saying originating deep in the history of mankind
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[nq:1]"Once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes Icame to the chief of ... returned thanks to *** and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience " Sadi, The Gulistan[/nq]
The Gulistan by Sa'di
Chapter III, Story 19
http://www.intratext.com/X/ENG0160.H
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[nq:1]Hello there, I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man that had no feet". Does anybody know its author, or is it just a saying originating deep in the history of mankind
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[nq:2]I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I ... saying originating deep in the history of mankind Emotion: smile ?[/nq]
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[nq:2]I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I ... saying originating deep in the history of mankind Emotion: smile ?[/nq]
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[nq:1]. . . once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes. I came ... *** and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience . . . Sadi. The Gulistan[/nq]
I don't get it
He thanked *** and acknowledged His mercies for allowing him his two feet, albeit shoeless, but failed to reprove Him for depriving the other fellow of his
Ah, religion!
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[nq:1]I've recently come across this quote: "I cried because I had not shoes until I met a man that had no feet". Does anybody know its author, or is it just a saying originating deep in the history of mankind
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