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

Nugæ canoræ—Melodious trifles; agreeable nonsense. 5 Hor.

Nugis addere pondus—To add weight to trifles. Hor.

Nul n'aura de l'esprit, / Hors nous et nos amis—No one shall have wit except ourselves and our friends. Molière.

Nul n'est content de sa fortune, ni mécontent de son esprit—No one is content with his lot or discontented with his wit. Mme. Deshoulières.

Nulla ætas ad perdiscendum est—There is no time of life past learning something. St. Ambrose.

Nulla dies sine linea—Let no day pass without its 10 line. Pr.

Nulla falsa doctrina est, quæ non permisceat aliquid veritatis—There is no false doctrine which contains not a mixture of truth.

Nulla fere causa est, in qua non fœmina litem moverit—There's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover. Juv.

Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas / Impatiens consortis erit—There is no faith among colleagues in power, and all power will be impatient of a colleague. Lucan.

Nulla pallescere culpa—Not to grow pale at imputation of guilt. M.