| 单词 | a house divided cannot stand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa house divided (against itself) cannot stand (a) a house divided (against itself) cannot stand and variants: a body of people weakened by internal dissensions will not remain united. [With allusion to Matthew 12:25 and Mark 3:25.] ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xii. 25 Omnis ciuitas uel domus diuisa contra se non stabit : eghuelc burug uel hus todæled uel tosliten wið him ne stondas [OE West Saxon Gospels (Corpus Cambr.) ælc ceaster oððe hus þe byð wiþerweard ongen hyt sylf hyt ne stent].] 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. xii. C Euery kyngdome deuyded within it self, shalbe desolate: and euery cite or house deuyded in it selfe, maye not contynue. 1538 Bible (Coverdale) Mark iii. C Yf a kyngdome shalbe diuided wythin it selfe, that same kyngdome can not stande: And yf a house be diuided upon it selfe, yt same house can not stande. 1653 S. Chidley Remonstr. to Creditors of Common-wealth Eng. (single sheet) I have in my progresse seen a dissolution of a Golden Parliament,..But a house divided against it self cannot stand. 1709 A. Whitro Warnings of Eternal Spirit 250 Take care you do not mix Vice with Virtue; for a House divided cannot stand. 1821 Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. Jan. 31/1 A house divided cannot stand, And peace and safety fly the land Where endless discord grows. 1858 A. Lincoln Speech 16 June in J. R. Fornieri Lang. of Liberty (2009) ii. 224 ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. 1968 Los Angeles Sentinel 20 June a7 It is now time that America and Americans turn inwardly to correct the corruption that plagues this great nation. For a house divided will not stand. 2009 T. Cole-Whittaker Live your Bliss i. 9 A house divided cannot stand, and in war ‘divide and conquer’ has always been a successful weapon. < as lemmas |
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