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

Nolens volens—Whether one will or no.

Noli irritare leones—Don't irritate lions. M.

Noli me tangere—Touch me not.

Nolle prosequi—To be unwilling to prosecute. L. 40

Nolo barbam vellere mortuo leoni—I won't pluck the beard of a dead lion. Mart.

Nolo episcopari—I have no wish to be made a bishop. Applied to an affected indifference to obtaining what one really desires.

Nom de guerre—An assumed name. Fr.

Nom de plume—Assumed name of an author. Fr.

Nomen amicitia est; nomen inane fides—Friendship 45 is but a name; fidelity but an empty name. Ovid.

Nomen atque omen—A name and at the same time an omen. Plaut.