APAD: United we stand, divided we fall

Meaning: If we don't stand together, we will not succeed.

 

Background:

 

This saying is generally attributed to one of Aesop's fables, The Four Oxen and

the Lion:

 

    A lion used to prowl about a field in which four oxen lived. Many a time he

    tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to

    warn each other, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the

    horns of one of them. But then the oxen quarreled and each went to their own

    corner of the field. The lion attacked them one by one and soon made an end

    of all four. United we stand, divided we fall.

 

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The oxen were united by one true story: the need for survival. For some truth,

it's not about how intellectually hard it is to grasp and they degrade to

cliches right after birth. But it's about how relentlessly one can execute and

how one can stay on the path and never get derailed no matter what.

 

Always, keep truth in sight, as expressed in this psalm: "But his delight is in

the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night."

所有跟帖： 

• If we work together we can be successful. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 13:54:28

• Unity and collaboration. Team work ! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 13:55:56

• Go fast by oneself but far together. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 15:49:39

• Well said ! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 17:42:04

• Credit: https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/mysj/282476.html -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 18:04:59

• Hats off to you both. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 18:07:30

• even single combat, a buffalo could over power a lion, but -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 14:11:57

• seemed genetic supression, more frequently the united lions -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 14:15:42

• stand in the end. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 14:16:03

• Firmware baked in. No way to change the story. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 15:52:27

• 团结就是力量，团结的狮子更有力量！：） -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 18:27:00

• Sure. 狮子们 are programmed differently :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 18:52:42

• We must all hang together, or assuredly.... -waterfowl- ♂ (78 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 16:01:22

• Ben Franklin was fascinating. I should re-listen to his bio. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 16:20:45

• 抱团才能取暖，单个只能躺平。。。哈哈。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/25/2023 postreply 19:45:54

• Sounds like 唐兄 just snacked on some 杜甫 poems :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/26/2023 postreply 07:32:46