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house divided

Noun

Meaning

house divided (plural houses divided)

Something characterised by internal dissent or conflict.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A house divided against itself cannot stand. Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved I do not expect the house to fall but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Abraham Lincoln

In recent times we have seen a huge split develop between a classic culture and a romantic counterculture-two worlds growingly alienated and hateful toward each other with everyone wondering if it will always be this way, a house divided against itself. Robert M. Pirsig

A house divided will soon fall. Irish Proverb

A house divided cannot stand. Arabic Proverb

A house divided cannot stand. English Proverb

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