For want of a cyber nail the kingdom fell

An old proverb, dating to at least the 1360’s, states:

"For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,

for want of a shoe, the horse was lost,

for want of a horse, the rider was lost,

for want of a rider, the battle was lost,

for want of a battle, the kingdom was lost,

and all for the want of a horseshoe nail,"

When published in Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack in 1768, it was preceded by the …

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