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

Next to the gods, of all man's possessions his soul is the mightiest, being the most his own. Plato.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Emerson.

Next to the satisfaction I receive in the prosperity of an honest man, I am best pleased with the confusion of a rascal. (?)

Next to theology I give to music the highest 45 place and honour; and we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song. Luther.

Ni l'or ni la grandeur ne nous rendent heureux—Neither wealth nor greatness render us happy. La Font.

Ni l'un ni l'autre—Neither the one nor the other. Fr.

Ni trop haut, ni trop bas; c'est le souverain style—Neither too high nor too low, that is the sovereign rule.

Nice distinctions are out of the question upon occasions like those of speech, which return every hour. Paley, upon lying.

Nicht alle sind Diebe, die der Hund anbellt—All 50 are not thieves whom the dog barks at. Ger. Pr.

Nicht alles Wünschenswerte ist erreichbar; nicht alles Erkennenswerte ist erkennbar—Not everything that is desirable is attainable, and not everything that is worth knowing is knowable. Goethe.