For want of Nail the Shoe is lost; For want of a Shoe the Horse is lost; For want of a… — Benjamin Franklin
For want of Nail the Shoe is lost; For want of a Shoe the Horse is lost; For want of a Horse the Rider is lost.
1752
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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1752.