Coax

Famous quotes containing the word coax:

“Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

“...men give us most rarely that which we really want, not favor, but—Justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them to pet us like children, nothing more difficult than to persuade them to treat us like responsible human beings.”
—Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904)