suadere

Updated: June 10, 2025

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum. The historian of great events is always oppressed by the difficulty of tracing the silent, subtle influences, which in all communities precede and prepare the way for violent outbursts and uprisings. He may discover many causes and record them duly, but he will always be sensible that others have escaped him.

Winston Churchill - The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War