πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
ăristōsus: a, um, adj. arista,I abounding in beards or awns: cibaria, Venant. Ep. 9, 3.