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
or apothomai from ἀπό and the middle voice of otheo or otho (to shove); to push off, figuratively, to reject: cast away, put away (from), thrust away (from).
