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

[Stephanie Smilay <stephani@smart.net>]

On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Sam Hobbs wrote:
> 
> ----- 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 . . .
Yeah, well, where were the mercies to the footless man?  Not that I'm
arguing the accuracy of the quotation; it just seems a trifle
cold-blooded.
Stephanie