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223 non semper erunt Saturnalia<br />

non importa [It], it doesn't matter.<br />

non inferiora secutus [L], not having followed anything inferior: Virgil.<br />

non intendo [It], I do not underst<strong>and</strong>.<br />

non libet [L], it does not please (me).<br />

non liquet [L], it (i.e., the case) is not clear; not proven: law.<br />

non mihi sed Deo et regi [L], not for myself but for God <strong>and</strong> the<br />

King.<br />

non mi ricordo [It], I do not remember.<br />

non multa, sed multum [L], not many things, but much.<br />

non nobis, Domine [L], not unto us, O Lord: Vulgate (Psalms cxv. 1).<br />

non nobis solum nati sumus [L], not for ourselves alone are we born:<br />

Cicero.<br />

non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites [L], it is not for me to<br />

settle such weighty controversies between you: Virgil.<br />

nonobstant clameur de haro [Fr], notwithst<strong>and</strong>ing the hue <strong>and</strong> cry.<br />

non obstante [L], notwithst<strong>and</strong>ing: abbr. non obst. —non obstante<br />

veredicto, notwithst<strong>and</strong>ing the verdict; a judgment for the plaintiff,<br />

setting aside a verdict for the defendant: law.<br />

non ogni giorno è festa [It], every day is not a holiday.<br />

non olet [L], it does not have a bad smell (i.e., money, however come<br />

by).<br />

non omne licitum honestum [L], not every lawful thing is honorable.<br />

non omnia possumus omnes [L], we cannot all do all things: Virgil.<br />

non omnis moriar [L], I shall not wholly die (i.e., my works will survive<br />

me): Horace.<br />

non passibus aequis [L], not with equal steps: Virgil.<br />

non placet [L], lit., it does not please: expressing a negative vote.<br />

non possidentem multa vocaveris recte beatum [L], you cannot rightly<br />

call happy the man who possesses many things: Horace.<br />

non possumus [L], lit., we cannot: a statement expressing inability to<br />

act or move in a matter.<br />

non prosequitur [L], lit., he does not prosecute; a judgment where the<br />

plaintiff does not appear (abbr. non pros.): law.<br />

non quis sed quid [L], not who but what.<br />

non quo sed quomodo [L], not by whom but how.<br />

non regioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa [It], "speak not of them, but<br />

look, <strong>and</strong> pass them by": Dante (tr. by Cary).<br />

non revertar inultus [L], I shall not return unavenged.<br />

non sans droict [OF], not without right: motto on Shakespeare's coat of<br />

arms.<br />

non semper erit aestas [L], it will not always be summer; make hay<br />

while the sun shines.<br />

non semper erunt Saturnalia [L], it will not always be Saturnalia (a<br />

Roman festival celebrated in December <strong>and</strong> lasting for several days);<br />

the carnival will not last forever.

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