Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Divide and rule, the politician cries;
Unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer