πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι → it often proves harder to keep than to win prosperity | it is often harder for men to keep the good they have, than it was to obtain it
Use P. and V. οἱ ἥσσονες.
