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. and V. κόσμος, ὁ, V. ἄγαλμα, τό.
Concretely, of persons or things, the glory, boast of: P. and V. σχῆμα, τό, V. πρόσχημα, τό, ἄγαλμα, τό, αὔχημα, τό; see glory.
P. and V. κοσμεῖν, V. ἀγάλλειν, ἀσκεῖν, ἐξασκεῖν.
