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

Nay, then, farewell! / I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, / And, from that full meridian of my glory, / I haste now to my setting: I shall fall / Like a bright exhalation in the evening, / And no man see me more. Wolsey, in Hen. VIII., iii. 2.

Ne Æsopum quidem trivit—He is a backward pupil (lit. he has not yet thumbed Æsop).

Ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito—Yield not to misfortunes, but rather go more boldly to meet them. Virg.

Ne depugnes in alieno negotio—Do not take up the cudgels in another man's affairs. Pr.

Ne exeat regno—Let him not go out of the kingdom. (A writ to prevent a person leaving the country). L.

Ne faut-il que délibérer? / La cour en conseillers 5 foisonne: / Est-il besoin d'exécuter? / L'on ne rencontre personne—Is a matter to be discussed? the council chamber is full of advisers. Is there something to be done? the chamber is empty. La Font.

Ne forçons point notre talent; / Nous ne ferions rien avec grâce—Let us not force our faculty; we shall in that case do nothing to good effect. La Font.

Ne fronti crede—Trust not to appearances.

Ne Hercules quidem contra duos—Not even Hercules could contend against two at once.

Ne Jupiter quidem omnibus placet—Not even Jupiter can please everybody. Pr.