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Quote card: 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 nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost.”

English proverb, printed by Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack (1758)

One skipped vehicle check or one missed temperature log can cost far more later. Small things matter.

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