«Πείσας λάβε, μὴ βιασάμενος» – Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.
Who said win by persuasion not by force?
Bias (Greek: Βίας ο Πριηνεὺς, 6th century BC), the son of Teutamus and a citizen of Priene was a Greek philosopher. Satyrus called him the wisest of all the Seven Sages of Greece. Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.
What did Bias of Priene do?
Bias of Priene was one of the seven sages of classical antiquity. These were the jet-setting academics of the ancient world, who were praised for their maxims and consulted for their wisdom.