For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.
벤자민 프랭클린 - 가난한 리처드의 달력(Poor Richard's Almanac) 中
못 하나가 없어서 구두를 잃었고
구두 한 짝이 없어서 말을 잃고
말 한마리가 없어서 기수를 잃고
기수가 없어서 전투에서 지고
전투에서 이기지 못해서 왕국을 잃었다.
모든 것은 못 하나가 모자라서
It describes a situation in which a failure to anticipate or correct some initially small dysfunction leads by successively more critical stages to an egregious outcome.
다른 버전도 있다.
"Message" Variation
For want of a nail a horseshoe was lost,
for want of a horseshoe a horse went lame,
for want of a horse a rider never got through,
for want of a rider a message never arrived,
for want of a message an army was never sent,
for want of an army a battle was lost,
for want of a battle a war was lost,
for want of a war a kingdom fell,
– Unknown[16]
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