suadere

Propter studium tuum erga lingua latina, tibi suadere velim, ut sodalis fias 'Gregis Latine Loquentium', ubi omnes de omnibus Latine scribunt Ecce paginae interretiales.

A Modest Proposal 2006

Christianity, where the power of godliness is away, will not prevent these evils: "Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum."

The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

In every age, and in every religion there has been justification for his bitter words, "tantum religio potuit suadere malorum" -- "Such wrongs Religion in her train doth bring" -- yet, one outcome of "a belief in spiritual beings" -- as Tylor defines religion -- has been that man has built an altar of righteousness in his heart.

The Evolution of Modern Medicine 1921

Lucretius the poet, when he beheld the act of Agamemnon, that could endure the sacrificing of his own daughter, exclaimed: “Tantum Religio potuit suadere malorum”

III. Of Unity in Religion 1909

A critic of this century can only exclaim with stupefaction: _Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum!

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866

-- The word is from the Hebrew, and it signifies both suadere and persuadere; either to use arguments to prevail, or to prevail by the arguments used.

The Almost Christian Discovered; or, the False Professor Tried and Cast. 1629-1699 1856

Rosenmuller thus states his own opinion: "Certe serioribus reipublicae temporibus assignandum esse librum, suadere videtur ad Chaldaismum vergens sermo."

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum -- Such was their dire religious zeal.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

Being a word of double meaning, as the word _suadere_ in Latin, it may be accepted either in a bad or in a good sense.

Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Martin Luther 1514

“Certe serioribus reipublicae temporibus assignandum esse librum, suadere videtur ad Chaldaismum vergens sermo.”

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206