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

Nullum est malum majus, quam non posse 25 ferre malum—There is no greater misfortune than not to be able to endure misfortune.

Nullum est sine nomine saxum—Not a stone but has a tale to tell. Lucan.

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiæ fuit—No great genius is ever without some tincture of madness. Sen.

Nullum magnum malum quod extremum est—No evil is great which is the last. Corn. Nep.

Nullum numen abest si sit prudentia—Where there is prudence, a protecting divinity is not far away. Pr.

Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia; nos te / 30 Nos facimus, Fortuna, deam cœloque locamus—Thou hast no divine power, O Fortune, where there is prudence; it is we who make a goddess of thee, and place thee in heaven. Juv.

Nullum quod tetigit non ornavit—There was nothing he touched that he did not adorn. Epitaph by Johnson on Goldsmith.

Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit—No simile runs on all fours, i.e., holds in every respect. Pr.

Nullum tempus occurrit regi—No lapse of time bars the rights of the crown. L.

Nullus argento color est, / Nisi temperato / Splendeat usu—Money has no splendour of its own, unless it shines by temperate use. Hor.