Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
nil volentibus arduum
English translation:
Nothing is impossible if you really want it
Latin term
nil volentibus arduum
| 4 +5 | Nothing is impossible if you really want it |
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| 4 +2 | nothing is hard for those who are willing |
David Russi
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Oct 15, 2005 14:03: NGK changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Latin to English"
Oct 15, 2005 14:50: Can Altinbay changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
Nothing is impossible if you really want it
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-10-15 13:59:44 GMT)
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I found it translated as: "NIL VOLENTIBUS ARDUUM" = Faithful into death..., Nothing is hard for
those who want to
http://www.bellum.nu/literature/qts-lat.html
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... for my country ) Marine Corps: Nil volentibus Arduum ( Nothing is hard for
those who want to ) Marine Corps Joke: Per mare, Per sarem, qua patet orbis, ...
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Arduum means that you ar on fire, be bent on or dying for sth.
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-10-15 14:01:36 GMT)
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No, my last addition is wrong. That is the impossible bit.:)
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
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nothing is hard for those who are willing
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applicable here: ‘‘Nil volentibus arduum’’: nothing is difficult. for those who
want to make an effort. References. 1 Special issue on Supramolecular ...
www.bijvoet-center.nl/school/symposium/archive/2005/publica... - Similar pages
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applicable Here: ‘‘nil volentibus arduum’’: nothing is difficult. for those who
want to make an effort. References. 1 Special issue on Supramolecular ...
www.bijvoet-center.nl/.../symposium/archive/2005/publicatio... - Supplemental Result - Similar pages
Wolf's Introduction to the Spinoza's "Short Treatise on GD, Man ...
... name and motto of which was (as we need scarcely be surprised to hear) Nil
volentibus arduum (Nothing is Difficult to Those Who Are Willing—Bk.XX:294). ...
www.yesselman.com/WolfIntroduction.htm - 418k - Cached - Similar pages
THE MIDAS ACADEMY
... We shall not see his like again. "NIL VOLENTIBUS ARDUUM". "Nothing is difficult
to those who have the will". Motto of the Dutch Poets' Society 1669. ...
www.cabana.org.uk/midas/home.html - 8k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry
... founded in 1669 in Amsterdam, is also very much applicable Here: nil volentibus
arduum : nothing is difficult for those who want to make an effort. ...
www.rsc.org/.../ArticleLinking.cfm?JournalCode=JM&Year=2003... - Supplemental Result - Similar pages
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-10-15 13:57:07 GMT)
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BTW, It shoudl be "nihil"...
| agree |
David Hollywood
: or: nothing is hard for those who are motivated/ want to make an effort
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| agree |
Norbert Hermann
: another hard one to chose :-)
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