Who said: "Divide and ye [?] shall rule [conquer?]"?
April 8, 2004 5:35 AM Subscribe
ISO quote source. So far, no luck with google, at quoteland, idiomsite, or the phrase finder. Thought the well read among us may be helpful. :)
It goes something like this:
Divide and ye [?] shall rule [conquer?].
It goes something like this:
Divide and ye [?] shall rule [conquer?].
From Wikipedia's List of Latin phrases, there's:
Divide et impera
"Divide and govern" -- attributed to Philip II of Macedonia: if you encourage rivalries and jealousies among your people, you will rule them more easily.
Sounds close to what you're talking about.
posted by mragreeable at 7:05 AM on April 8, 2004
Divide et impera
"Divide and govern" -- attributed to Philip II of Macedonia: if you encourage rivalries and jealousies among your people, you will rule them more easily.
Sounds close to what you're talking about.
posted by mragreeable at 7:05 AM on April 8, 2004
Response by poster: Thanks you guys - those are both helpful, and exactly what I was looking for. :)
posted by yoga at 8:10 AM on April 8, 2004
posted by yoga at 8:10 AM on April 8, 2004
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"Divide and conquer" which is actually a misquotation of the original Latin which is "divide et empera" meaning "divide and rule" not divide and conquer.
Some believe it came from Louis XI and adopted by Macchiavelli, but this site seems to trace the theory back to Sun Tzu’s Art of War.
posted by FreezBoy at 6:00 AM on April 8, 2004