πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
ἐκσχίζω (Α)σχίζω στα δύο, χωρίζω («ὁ τοῦ πυρὸς ποταμὸς ἐξεσχίσθη», Αριστ.).