| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Striving |
| | | He that will not strive in this world should not have come into it. Italian. | 1 |
| He who strives to do, does more than he who has the power. Spanish. | 2 |
| No striving against the stream. | 3 |
| Strive not against the stream. | 4 |
| Striving to better, oft we mar whats well. Shakespeare. | 5 | | |
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