πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
subs.
Ar. and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ, V. κομπός, ὁ (Eur., Phoen. 600).
