Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. Franz Liszt
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. Cicero
Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it. C. J. Cherryh
God grant me to contend with those that understand me. Spanish Proverb
It is bad to contend about trifles. Latin Proverb
There are two powers to contend with, those with a lot and those with nothing. Sicilian Proverb