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Benjamin Franklin2 quotes
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. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Aristotle1 quote
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle · 350 BCDante Alighieri1 quote
A great flame follows a little spark. — Dante Alighieri · 1321George Herbert1 quote
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. — George Herbert · 1633Hesiod1 quote
If you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big. — Hesiod · 700 BCJohn Bunyan1 quote
One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner. — John Bunyan · 1678