tantum religio potuit suadere malorum

== Latin == === Etymology === Literally, “to such heights of evil has religion been able to drive men”. From Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, Book I, 101. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtan.tũː reːˈlɪ.ɡi.oː ˈpɔ.tu.ɪt sʷaːˈdeː.rɛ maˈɫoː.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtan.tum reˈliː.d͡ʒi.o ˈpɔː.tu.it sʷaˈdɛː.re maˈlɔː.rum] === Proverb === tantum rēligiō potuit suādēre malōrum The practice of religion leads people to practise evil.