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HO SAID, "I FELT SORRY FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD NO SHOES UNTIL I MET A MAN WHO HAD NO FEET"?
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ought I was abused because I had no shoes until a met a man who had no feet."
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This provided a much older and perhaps original source for the proverb. It would seem that the contemporary versions of this saying are inspired by the author, Shekh Muslihu�d-Din Sadi. remove