Como dizer "O mundo é dos espertos" em inglês

Opções:

the world belongs to hustlers
the world belongs to those who hustle

Contexto e explicações:

Now, I’m not talking about hustling in the pulling-a-scam-on-the-naive-newbie sense. (Although it never hurts to have a little Fast Eddie swagger). I’m talking about the work-your-ass-off-while-your-competition-plays-Rock Band kind of hustling. Hustling=doing whatever you have to do, for however long as you have to do it, until you reach your goal.

“Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln

Looking at the men that I admire from history, they all have one thing in common: they were hustlers. Theodore Roosevelt accomplished an insane amount of work because he lived the strenuous life, i.e. hustled. Thomas Edison patented thousands of inventions and perfected the light bulb because he spent all day hustling. Frederick Douglass was an orator, diplomat, newspaper editor and author because he hustled. And pretty much every self-made man has the same story. [artofmanliness.com]


Minhas considerações: "hustle" (se esforçar, correr atrás, dedicar-se) é um verbo amplo, que possui também sentidos negativos/pejorativos (ganhar ilicitamente, enganar, trapacear). As expressões sugeridas no início vão precisar de contexto e, acredito eu, de alguma explicação, já que há a possibilidade de mais de uma interpretação.


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