πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
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
