I wept because i had no shoes,
until i met a man who had no feet.
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I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.
ANONYMUS I had the blues
because I had no shoes
until upon the street,
I met a man who had no feet.
ANON. I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.
YIDDISH PROVERB I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
DENIS WAITLEY I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.
INDIAN PROVERB I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you�...
STEVEN WRIGHT I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
OSCAR WILDE I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now...
GEORGE CARLIN I used to cry for I had no shoes to wear until I saw a man with no feet.
UNKNOWN I never complained of the vicissitudes of fortune, nor suffered my face to be overcast at the revolu...
SA'DI The shoes always tell the story,' said the shoe poet.
'Not always,' I countered.
'Yes, alw...
RUTA SEPETYS I believed that no man in this world deserves me until I met you.
LUFFINA LOURDURAJ Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become woman was painful. I wept becau...
ANAïS NIN I wish we had met away from all these battles. I wish we had met in a land of peace without social c...
JIHAD ELTABEY I LOVE YOU SO MANY REASONS '
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Before i met you
I spent a lot of time
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Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - and friendless.
Friendship is love with understanding.
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Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.
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The guilty catch themselves.
Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
Hate pollutes the mind.
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Too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words.
Imagination is the pontoon bridge making way for the timid feet of reason.
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Why keep on enacting laws when we already have more than we can break.
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Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.
Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea
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Age withers only the outside.
Where ambition ends happiness begins.
The best answer to answer to anger is silence.
The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
People who know the least always argue the most.
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
What we are doing at the moment is more that just one thing added to the rest; it is a memoir.
Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
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