Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
Omnia numquam tam aspera sunt quam videntur
English translation:
All things are never as hard as they seem
Added to glossary by
Cassandra Greer
Jul 1, 2004 11:58
19 yrs ago
Latin term
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German
Omnia numquam tan aspera sunt quam videntur
Latin to English
Art/Literary
History
An estate sale for George Christian, former press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson, provided an aquaintance of mine a beautifully hand-calligraphied desk sign in Latin. Mr. Christian was also a writer, and it would be fun to know the meaning of a phrase that so inspired him.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +10 | All things are never as hard as they seem |
Pierre POUSSIN
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Proposed translations
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Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
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France
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
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All things are never as hard as they seem
"Tam" instead of "tan"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sorry it took so long! But I was confering with others about other translations of this as well. This one won against the others as well. Thanks so much!
Cass :)"
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