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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēlăpĭdo: āre, v. a. *
I To clear from stones: locum, Cato R. R. 46, 1.—*
II To lay with stones, to pave: DELAPIDATA lapide strata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 73, 13 Müll.; cf.: DELAPIDATA, λιθόστρωτα, Gloss.