πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν
From LSJ
αἰτῶ δ' ὑγίειαν πρῶτον, εἶτ' εὐπραξίαν, τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀφείλειν μηδενί → first health, good fortune next, and third rejoicing; last, to owe nought to any man
Greek > English (Woodhouse)
kick against the pricks, kick against the goads, kick against the goad, offer vain and perilous resistance, offer vain and ruinous resistance
