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 sequitur—It does not follow; an unwarranted 40 inference.

Non si male nunc, et olim sic erit—If it is ill now, it will not also be so hereafter. Hor.

Non sibi sed patriæ—Not for himself, but for his country. M.

Non sine numine—Not without the Divine approval M.

Non sum qualis eram—I am not what I once was. Hor.

Non tali auxilio, nec defensoribus istis / Tempus 45 eget—The times require other aid and other defenders than those you bring. Virg.

Non tu corpus eras sine pectore. Di tibi formam, / Di tibi divitias dederant, artemque fruendi—You were at no time ever a body without a soul. The gods have given you beauty, the gods have given you wealth, and the skill to enjoy it. Horace to Tibullus.

Non usitata, nec tenui ferar penna—I shall be borne on no common, no feeble, wing. Hor.

Non uti libet, sed uti licet, sic vivamus—We must live not as we like, but as we can. Pr.

Non v'è peggior ladro d'un cattivo libro—There is no robber worse than a bad book. It. Pr.