Bundle of Sticks
AEsop, in one of his fables, shows that sticks one
by one may be readily broken; not so when several are bound together in
a bundle. The lesson taught is, that “Union gives strength.”
“They now lay to heart the lesson of the bundle of sticks.” —The
Times.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Bundle of Sticks from Fact Monster:
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