只因少了一颗钉（英語：For Want of a Nail）是一首韵文，说明小的行动可能会导致大后果。最早可能源於13世紀日耳曼地區詩人的作品。
分析
此一歐洲中世紀的寓言詩是用來提醒「微小的失誤可能帶來巨大的後患」。最早的版本比較簡單，只說到「少了騎士，失了城堡」，後世則衍生許多版本。
历史典故
另见
- 蝴蝶效应
- 破窗效应
- 因果
- 混沌理论
- 多米诺骨牌效应
- 谚语
- 民俗学
- 韻文
参考来源
參考文獻
*Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanack, June 1758, The Complete Poor Richard Almanacks, facsimile ed., vol. 2, pp. 375, 377
*G. Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, c. 1640, no. 499
*Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, ed. Iona and Peter Opie, Oxford 1951, pg 324
外部链接
*[http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/nursery_rhymes/for_want_of_a_nail.htm Famous Quotes UK] (Retrieved 14-Feb-2008)
*[http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1097943 "For want of a nail" at Everything2.com] (Retrieved 14-Feb-2008)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080129095822/http://www.butterflystation.net/station/page.htm The Lorenz Butterfly] (Retrieved 14-Feb-2008)
*[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-2638%28198001%2940%3A1%3C50%3AFWOAN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0&size=SMALL&origin=JSTOR-reducePage JSTOR:For Want of a Nail, E. J. Lowe, Analysis, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jan., 1980), pp. 50–52] (Retrieved 14-Feb-2008)
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/robbins/robbins200404090733.asp James S. Robbins on 9/11 Commission published April 09, 2004 by National Review Online "For want of a nail:Lady Condoleezza on the battle of the Saracens."] (Retrieved 14-Feb-2008)
*[http://www.enotes.com/famous-quotes/a-little-neglect-may-breed-mischief-for-want-of-a Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), U.S. statesman, writer. Poor Richard’s Almanac, preface (1758).] (Retrieved 14-Feb-2008)
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