400 INDEX TO LATIN QUOTATIONS 



Nil tarn metuens, etc.: fearing no- 

 thing so much as that he might 

 seem to be in doubt about any- 

 thing. 200. 



Nocet illls eloquentia, etc. : eloquence 

 does harm to those who love it 

 more than matter. 321. 



Noli altum sapere, sed time : be not 

 overwise, but fear. 384. 



Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, etc. : 

 make no friendship with an 

 angry man, nor go with a furious 

 man. 351. 



Nolite exire : go not out. E. iii. 



Nomen bonum instar unguenti fra- 

 grantis: a good name is like 

 precious ointment. E. liii. 



Non ad vetera instituta revocans, etc. : 

 do not attempt to restore things 

 to the original institutions 

 which by the long corruption of 

 manners have fallen into con- 

 tempt. 185. 



Non arctabuntur gressus tut, etc.: 

 when thou goest thy steps shall 

 not be straitened, and when thou 

 runnest thou shalt not stumble. 



264. 



Non canimus surdis, etc. : as we sing 

 the woods answer. 270. 



Non deos vulgi negare profanum, etc. : 

 it is not profane to deny the 

 gods of the mob ; but it is pro- 

 fane to apply the opinions of the 

 mob to the gods. E. xvi. 



Non ego, sed dominus : not I, but the 

 Lord. 379. 



Non est curiosus, etc.: no one is a 

 busybody without being also 

 malicious. E. ix. 



Non est interpretation etc.: interpre- 

 tation which recedes from the 

 letter is not interpretation, but 

 divination. When the judge 

 recedes from the letter he be- 

 comes a legislator. 316. 



Non est jam dlcere, etc. : we can no 

 longer say "As is the people so is 



the priest" for the people now are 

 not so bad as the priest. E. xv. 



Non hos quaesltum manus in usus : a gift 

 meant for different uses. 374. 



Non invenlet fidem super terram : he 

 will not find faith upon the 

 earth. E. xx. 



Non ita dlsputandi causa, etc.: not 

 for the sake of arguing philo- 

 sophically, but that he might 

 live like a philosopher. 334. 



Non prius laudes contempslmus, etc.: 

 men do not despise praise until 

 they have ceased to do anything 

 that deserves it. 245. 



Non progredi est regredi: not to 

 advance is to retreat. C. 164. 



Non recipit stultus, etc.: a fool will 

 not receive the words of wisdom, 

 unless you tell him what is in 

 his own heart. 333. 



Non Rex sum, sed Caesar: I am 

 not King, but Caesar. 220. 



Non uti ut non appetas, etc. : do not 

 use a thing, lest you should feel 

 the want of it : shun the want 

 of it lest you should fear to lose 

 it. 329. 



Nosque ubi primus equis oriens afflavit 

 anhelis, etc.: And when on us 

 Morn breathes the living light, 

 Red Vesper kindles there the 

 tapers of the night. 247. 



Nos scimus quia lex bona est, etc.: 

 we know that the law is good if 

 a man use it lawfully. E. Ivi. 



Nota ejus rei quod propter opinionem, 

 etc. : the mark of a thing which 

 is chosen for the sake of reputa- 

 tion and not for the sake of 

 truth is this, that no one who 

 thought his doing it would be 

 unobserved would do it at all. 

 C. 152. 



Nunquid conjungere valebis, etc. : 

 canst thou bring together the 

 glittering stars of the Pleiades or 

 scatter the array of Arcturus? 206. 



