πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
(δόλος): Dolon, the spy, son of Eumēdes, Il. 10.314 ff., hence the name of the book, Δολώνεια. (See cut, No. 23).
