ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
importunate: P. and V. λιπαρής (Plato), ὀχληρός, Ar. γλισχρός.
we shall find our enemies less likely to be pressing: P. ἧσσον ἐγκεισομένους τοὺς ἐναντίους ἕξομεν (Thuc. 1, 144).
