It is a general truism of this world that anything long divided will surely unite, and anything long united will surely divide.

It is a general truism of this world that anything long divided will surely unite, and anything long united will surely divide.

The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide. This has been so since antiquity.

Success is not worth rejoicing over, failure is not worth grieving over.