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. πανούργως, Ar. and V. δόλῳ, V. ἐκ κακῆς τέχνης.
