Re: does anyone know of the source for...

["Sam Hobbs" <samhobbs@mindspring.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Alicia <aroman1@towson.edu>
To: <quotation-ring-l@gunnar.cc>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 8:57 AM
Subject: [QRList] does anyone know of the source
for...
>
> "I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a
man that had no feet."
>
> a friend of mine would like to know the author,
etc of this quote.  i
> looked in a couple places but found nothing.  it
sounds suspiciously
> like a saying or combination of sayings.  but i
don't know.  any help
> would be appreciated.  thanks.  `licia
>
From the alt.quotations FAQ at
http://www.mindspring.com/~samhobbs/alt-quotations
/quotations.html
. . . once, when my feet were bare, and I had not
the means of obtaining shoes. I came to the chief
of Kufah in a state of much dejection, and saw
there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to
God and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my
want of shoes with patience . . .
--- Sadi
The Gulistan
Regards, Sam