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 minor est virtus, quam quærere, parta 40 tueri: / Casus inest illic; hic erit artis opus—It is no less merit to keep what you have got than to gain it. In the one there is chance; the other will be a work of art. Ovid.

Nec mora, nec requies—Neither delay nor cessation. Virg.

Nec morti esse locum—There is no room for death. Ovid.

Nec obolum habet unde restim emat—He hasn't a penny left to buy a halter. Pr.

Nec omnia, nec semper, nec ab omnibus—Neither all, nor always, nor by all.

Nec placida contentus quiete est—Nor is he 45 contented with quiet repose. M.

Nec pluribus impar—Not an unequal match for numbers. M.

Nec prece nec pretio—Neither by entreaty nor by a bribe. M.

Nec, quæ præteriit, iterum revocabitur unda; / Nec, quæ præteriit, hora redire potest—Neither can the wave which has passed by be again recalled, nor can the hour which has passed ever return. Ovid.

Nec quærere nec spernere honorem—Neither to seek nor to despise honours. M.