Faire force de voiles = To crowd on all sail.
Faire force de rames = To row with all one’s might.
*Tout par amour, rien par force = Sweet words will succeed where mere strength will fail; You may row your heart out if wind and tide are against you.
À force de travailler = By dint of working.
À force de bras = By strength of arm.
De vive force = By main force.
Un tour de force = A feat (of strength or skill).
Forgeron
*À force de forger on devient forgeron = Practice makes perfect; Drawn wells are seldom dry.
[Lat. Fit fabricando faber.]