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nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit 218
nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit [L], no mortal is wise at all times:
Pliny.
nemo repente fuit turpissimus [L], no one ever was suddenly very
base; no one ever became a villain all at once: Juvenal.
nemo solus satis sapit [L], no one is sufficiently wise by himself; two
heads are better than one: Plautus.
nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare [L], no one is bound to accuse himself.
ne mozhet beet [Russ], it can't be true.
ne nimium [L], not too much; do nothing in excess.
ne obliviscaris [L], lest ye forget; do not forget.
ne plus ultra [L], not more beyond; the utmost point attained or
attainable; acme; culmination.
ne puero gladium [L], (trust) not a sword to a boy; don't give a man's
job to a boy.
neque semper arcum tendit Apollo [L], Apollo does not always keep
his bow bent; high tension should be followed by relaxation: Horace.
ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat [L], (take care) that the republic
{or state) receive no injury.
ne quid nimis [L], not anything too much; avoid excess.
ne quittez pas [Fr], hold the line (on the telephone).
nero-antico [It], black marble, found among Roman ruins.
nervi belli pecunia infinita [L], plenty of money is the sinews of war:
Cicero.
nervus probandi [L], the sinew of proof; chief argument.
nervus rerum [L], the sinew of things.
nescio quid [L], I know not what.
nescit vox missa revertí [L], the word once spoken can never be
recalled: Horace.
nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria
[It], there is no greater grief than to remember times of happiness
in the midst of wretchedness; "a sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering
happier things" {Tennyson): Dante.
n'est-ce pas? [Fr], isn't that so?
ne sutor supra crepidam iudicaret [L], let not the shoemaker criticize
beyond his last; let the cobbler stick to his last: Pliny (the saying of
the painter Apelles to a cobbler who criticized not only the shoes in
a picture but the painting generally).
Ne Temere [L], lit., not rashly; a decree pronouncing as invalid all
Roman Catholic marriages not celebrated before a priest and proper
witnesses: R.C.Ch.
ne tentes, aut perfice [L], attempt not, or accomplish.
netsuke [Jap], a small piece of carved ivory or wood, used as a pouch
toggle and the like: Japan.
netteté [Fr], cleanness; neatness; also clearness; distinctness.
neue Besen kehren gut [Ger], a new broom sweeps clean.