Nervus rerum—The sinews of things.
Nescia mens hominum fati sortisque futuræ, / Et servare modum, rebus sublata secundis—Man knows not the lot appointed him, and he cannot keep within bounds when elated by prosperity. Virg.
Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos / Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui—I know not by what sweet charm our native soil attracts us to it, and does not suffer us ever to forget it. Ovid.
Nescio qua præter solitum dulcedine læti—Elated 40 beyond usual by some unaccountable delight. Virg.
Nescire autem quid antea quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. Quid enim est ætas hominis, nisi memoria rerum veterum cum superioribus contexitur?—To be unacquainted with events which took place before you were born, is to be always a child; for where is human life if the memory fails to connect past events with others before? Cic.
Nescis tu quam meticulosa res sit ire ad judicem—You little know what a frightful thing it is to go to law. Plaut.
Nescit vox missa reverti—A word once uttered can never be recalled. Hor.
Nessun maggior dolore / Che ricordarsi del tempo felice / Nella miseria—There is no greater woe than the recollection in the midst of misery of happy days bygone. Dante.
Nessuno nasce maestro—No one is born a 45 master. It. Pr.
Neu Regiment bringt neue Menschen auf, / Und früheres Verdienst veraltet schnell—A new administration of affairs raises up new men, and qualifications formerly of service become soon antiquated. Schiller.