The Old Man and his Sons, sometimes alternatively titled The Bundle of Sticks, is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 53 in the Perry Index. The actions described in it have been attributed to several later rulers and its political moral that there is strength in unity has been consistently commented on over the centuries.
Aesop book The Old Man and his Sons
The Bundle of Sticks. <br class="br">Source: Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (2021) cited in " Bulgarian cosmonaut urges international cooperation for Mars, Moon missions https://www.reuters.com/article/bulgaria-cosmonauts-idUSL8N21T1Z6" on Reuters, 11 April 2019.
