ἐπειδὴ προσβάλοιεν ἀλλήλοις οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο
From LSJ
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)
whenever they closed with one another they could not easily get disentangled