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

Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem—Not to educe smoke from splendour, but light from smoke. M.

Non generant aquilæ columbas—Eagles do not beget doves. M.

Non giudicar la nave stando in terra—Don't judge of the ship from the shore. It. Pr.

Non hæc sine numine—These things are not without sanction of the Deity. M.

Non han speranza di morte—They have not 45 hope to die. Dante.

Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit—The present moment is not one to indulge in spectacles of this kind. Virg.

Non hominis culpa, sed ista loci—It is not the fault of the man, but of the place. Ovid.

Non id quod magnum est pulchrum est, sed id quod pulchrum magnum—Not that which is great is noble (lit. beautiful), but that which is noble is great.

Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco. See "Haud ignara."

Non illa colo calathisve Minervæ / Femineas 50 assueta manus—Her woman's hands were not trained to the distaff or basket of (distaff-loving) Minerva. Virg.