πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced
herbeiziehen, attrahere (eig.). – Truppen h., copias contrahere od. colligere od. cogere: Leute h. (durch Geschrei etc.), homines accire.