Not by the law of force, but by the law of labour, has any man right to the possession of the land. Ruskin.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, / Is our destined end or way; / But to act that each to-morrow / May find us farther than to-day. Longfellow.
Not every parish priest can wear Dr. Luther's shoes. Pr.
Not fame, but that which it merits, is what a man should esteem. Schopenhauer.
Not for fellowship in hatred, but in love am I 30 here. Sophocles.
Not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. St. Paul.
Not he who has many ideas, but he who has one conviction may become a great man. Cötvös.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power; / But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Dryden.
Not in a man's having no business with men, but in having no unjust business with them, and in having all manner of true and just business, can either his or their blessedness be found possible, and this waste world become, for both parties, a home and peopled garden. Carlyle.
Not in nature, but in man is all the beauty 35 and the worth he sees. The world is very empty, and is indebted to this gilding, exalting soul for its pride. Emerson.