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

Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam—No one can change what he proposes to enact to the damage of another. L.

Nemo potest nudo vestimenta detrahere—You cannot strip a garment off a naked man. Pr.

Nemo potest personam diu ferre fictam—No one can play a feigned part long. Sen.

Nemo præsumitur alienam posteritatem suæ 20 prætulisse—No one is presumed to have preferred another's offspring to his own. L.

Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto—No one must be punished for the fault of another. L.

Nemo quam bene vivat, sed quamdiu, curat: quum omnibus possit contingere ut bene vivat, ut diu nulli—No one concerns himself with how well he should live, only how long: while none can count upon living long, all have the chance of living well. Sen.

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus—No man ever became extremely wicked all at once. Juv.

Nemo sibi nascitur—No one is born for himself. Pr.

Nemo solus sapit—No man is wise by himself. 25 Plaut.

Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare—No one is held bound to criminate himself. L.