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

Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it; / We are happy now, because God wills it. Lowell.

Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; 40 / Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden, / And choke the herbs for want of husbandry. 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1.

Now you have feathered your nest. Congreve.

Nowadays compromise and indifference rule supreme, and instead of solid grit we have putty or wax. Spurgeon.

Nowadays truth is news. Sc. Pr.

Nowhere can a man get real root-room, and spread out his branches till they touch the morning and the evening, but in his own house. Ward Beecher.

Nox atra cava circumvolat—Black night envelopes them with her hollow shade. Virg.

Noxiæ pœna par esto—Let the punishment be proportionate to the offence. Cic.

Nuda veritas—Undisguised truth. Hor.

Nudum pactum—A mere agreement. L.