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By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are
destroyed.
[Lat., Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia read more
By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are
destroyed.
[Lat., Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia maximae
dilabantur.]
Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately.
We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang
separately.
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and read more
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
[Lat., Neque est ullum certius amicitiae vinculum, quam consensus
et societas consiliorum et voluntatum.,]
The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out read more
The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.
Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,
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Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,
Verein' und leite! Bess'rer Hort.]
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth.
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.