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

Nec caput nec pedes—In confusion; neither 30 head nor tail. Pr.

Nec cui de te plusquam tibi credas—Do not believe any man more than yourself about yourself. Pr.

Nec cupias, nec metuas—Neither desire nor fear. M.

Nec deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus—Never let a god interfere unless a difficulty arise worthy of a god's interposition. Hor.

Nec domo dominus, sed domino domus honestanda est—The master should not be graced by the mansion, but the mansion by the master. Cic.

Nec est ad astra mollis e terris via—The 35 way from the earth to the stars is no soft one. Sen.

Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo—I neither have, nor want, nor care. M.

Nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum—There is no shame in having led a wild life, but in not breaking it off. Hor.

Nec male notus eques—A knight of good repute. M.

Nec meus audet / Rem tentare pudor, quam vires ferre recusent—My modesty does not permit me to essay a thing which my powers are not equal to accomplish. Virg.