Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Nach Golde drängt, / Am Golde hängt, / Doch 45 alles. Ach, wir Armen!—Yet after gold every one presses, on gold everything hangs. Alas! we poor ones. Goethe.

Nach Gottes Wesenheit ist gar nicht dein Beruf zu forschen; forsche du nach Wesen, die er schuf—Thou art not required to search into the nature of God, but into the nature of the beings which he has created. Rückert.

Nacheifern ist beneiden—To emulate is to envy. Lessing.

Nachgeben stillt allen Krieg—Yielding stills all war. Ger. Pr.

Nacht muss es sein, wo Friedlands Sterne strahlen—It must be night where Friedland's stars shine. Schiller.

Næ amicum castigare ob meritam noxiam / Immune est facinus—Verily, it is a thankless office to censure a friend for a fault when he deserves it. Plaut.

Nae butter 'll stick to my bread, i.e., no good fortune ever comes my way. Sc. Pr.

Nae freen' like the penny. Sc. Pr.

Nae fules like auld fules. Sc. Pr.

Nae man can be happy without a friend, nor 5 be sure of him till he's unhappy. Sc. Pr.