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

Nem. con., abbrev. for Nemine contradicente—Nobody opposing.

Nem. diss., abbrev. for Nemine dissentiente—Same as above.

Nemesis checks, with cubit-rule and bridle, / 55 Immoderate deeds, and boastings rash and idle. Anon.

Nemesis is lame, but she is of colossal stature, like the gods. George Eliot.

Nemo allegans suam turpitudinem audiendus est—No one testifying to his own baseness ought to be heard. L.

Nemo dat quod non habet—Nobody can give what he does not legally possess. L.

Nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto—No man shall be twice punished for the same offence. L.

Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa—No one shall be molested twice for one and the same cause. L.

Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa—No 5 one ought to be judge in his own cause. L.

Nemo doctus mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit esse—No sensible man ever charged one with inconstancy who had merely changed his opinion. Cic.