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For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.

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Benjamin Franklin

(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General.

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    por falta de un clavo, se perdió el zapato; por falta de herradura se perdió el caballo; y por falta de un caballo, el jinete se perdió, siendo alcanzado y muerto por el enemigo, todo por falta de cuidado por un clavo de herradura.

    برای نیاز به ناخن ، کفش از دست می رفت. اسب بخاطر خواست کفش ، گم شد. و بخاطر داشتن اسب ، سوار گمشده شد و توسط دشمن سبقت گرفت و به قتل رسید ، همه به خاطر مراقبت از ناخن نعل اسب.

    per mancanza di un chiodo, la scarpa era persa; per mancanza di una scarpa il cavallo era perduto; e per la mancanza di un cavallo il cavaliere si perse, sorpassato e ucciso dal nemico, tutto per la mancanza di cura di un chiodo a ferro di cavallo.

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