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Great things begin small: a large tree grows from a tiny sprout and a long journey starts with one step
Drawn from what Laozi said
What Laozi actually said
- Laozi Chinese thinker traditionally named as the author of the Daodejing
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth; the journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.
Where this was said
↗Tao Teh King, traditionally ascribed to Laozi (tr. James Legge, 1891)gutenberg.org
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