πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
πυργόεις: εσσα, εν, ἔχων πληθὺν πύργων, πόλις Νικ.Χων. Ἱστ. σ. 366C.