πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
P. and V. ὑποστέλλεσθαι; (Eur., Orestes 607), P. διακρούεσθαι, Ar. and P. στρέφεσθαι.