Benjamin Franklin — "For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for…"

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost; for want of a rider the battle was lost; for want of a battle the kingdom was lost; and all for want of a horseshoe-nail.
Benjamin Franklin — Benjamin Franklin Early Modern · Electricity experiments, founding father

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Poor Richard's Almanack

Date: 1758

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