For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for the want of a ... - Benjamin Franklin

"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, for the want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for the want of a horse the rider was lost."

Benjamin Franklin Wisdom

Founding Father, Polymath American 1706–1790

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