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.
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Original Citation
Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.
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Current Citation
Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 495.
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