Quoting Poor Richard Improved, Benjamin Franklin, 1758

For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail.

— Poor Richard Improved, Benjamin Franklin, 1758 (via)

2:19am on August 27, 2025 from Tbilisi — Georgia


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