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Nicolas Nelson
Jun 29, 2025
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Hey fellow wordsmiths,

One of my clients pointed out something interesting about the ‘thousand miles’ quote from Lao Tzu: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Very few people know the line that precedes it. I didn’t, and I love wise quotes like this. When I heard it, it changed the whole context of the “thousand miles” and added a whole new set of connotations to the larger quote.

Here it is, both couplets together (according to my client’s manuscript, which I haven’t fact-checked yet):

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