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

Nihil est quod Deus efficere non possit.—There is nothing which the Deity cannot effect. Cic.

Nihil est tam utile, quod in transitu prosit—Nothing is so useful as to be of profit after only a hasty study of it. Sen.

Nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum, nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur, nihil latius dissipatur—Nothing is no swift as calumny, nothing more easily uttered, nothing more readily received, nothing more widely disseminated. Cic.

Nihil hic nisi carmina desunt—Nothing is wanting 10 here except a song. Virg.

Nihil honestum esse potest, quod justitia vacat—Nothing can be honourable where justice is absent. Cic.

Nihil largiundo gloriam adeptus est—He acquired glory without bribery. Sall.

Nihil morosius hominum judiciis—Nothing so peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. Erasmus.

Nihil potest rex nisi quod de jure potest—The king can do nothing but what the law allows. L.

Nihil quod est inconveniens est licitum—Nothing 15 which is inconvenient is lawful. L.

Nihil scire est vita jucundissima—To know nothing at all is the happiest life. Pr.