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

Nobilitatis virtus non stemma character—Virtue, not pedigree, should characterise nobility. M.

Nobility is a river that sets with a constant and undeviating current directly into the great Pacific Ocean of Time; but, unlike all other rivers, it is more grand at its source than at its termination. Colton.

Nobility of nature consists in doing good for the good's sake. Wm. v. Humboldt.

Nobility without virtue is a fine setting without 10 a gem. Jane Porter.

Nobis non licet esse tam disertis, / Qui Musas colimus severiores—We who cultivate the graver Muse are not allowed to be diffuse. Mart.

Noble art is nothing less than the expression of a great soul; and great souls are not common things. Ruskin.

Noble housekeepers need no doors. Pr.

Noble spirits war not with the dead. Byron.

Nobler is a limited command, / Given by the 15 love of all your native land, / Than a successive title, long and dark, / Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark. Dryden.

Noblesse oblige—Rank imposes obligation. M.