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3447. Non soles respicere te, quom dicas injuste alteri? (L.)

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18.–Are you not wont to consider your

own faults, when you speak unjustly of another ? 3448. Non solum ingenii, verum etiam virtutis. (L.)—Not only

talent, but virtue. Liverpool College. 3449. Non sum qualis eram bonæ

Sub regno Cinaræ. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 1, 3.—I am not

what I was in the days of kind Cinara. 3450. Non tali auxilio, nec defensoribus istis

Tempus eget. (L.) Virg. A. 2, 521.—The times require

other aid and other defenders than these. 3451. Non tamen id circo crimen liber omnis habebit, Nil prodest, quod non lædere possit idem.

(L.) Ov. T. 2, 265. You will not say all books must be refused :

There's nothing good but it may be abused.--Ed. 3452. Non tu corpus eras sine pectore. Di tibi formam, Di tibi divitias dederant, artemque fruendi.

(L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 6. No brainless trunk is yours; a form to please,

Wealth, wit to use it, Heav'n vouchsafes you these. — Conington. 3453. Noris quam elegans formarum spectator siem. (L.). Ter.

Eun. 3, 5, 18.—You know what a nice judge of beauty

I am.

3454. Noscenda est mensura sui spectandaque rebus

In summis minimisque. (L.) Juv. 11, 35.-A man
should know his own measure and keep it in view in all

affairs, great or small.
3455. Nosce tempus. (L.)-Know your time. Hit on the right

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moment.
3456. Noscitur a sociis. (L.) Prov.-A man is known by his

companions. Show me a man's company, and I'll show
you what kind of man he is. (2.) As a Law Maxim
in the interpretation of written instruments, the phrase
signifies that the meaning of a word may be ascertained

by referring to the meaning of the words associated with it. 3457. Nos duo turba sumus. (L.) Ov. M. 1, 355.—We two are

a multitude. Deucalion to Pyrrha, the pair who re-
peopled the earth after the deluge according to the
mythological tradition. According to Lord Coke it
takes ten to make a crowd.

3458. Nos hæc novimus esse nihil. (L.) Mart. 13, 2, 8.—We

know that these things are of no consequence. Mere trifles. 3459. Nos nostraque Deo. (L.)—Both we and ours come from

God. Lord Blachford.
3460. Nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati

Sponsi Penelopæ, nebulones, Alcinoique,
In cute curanda plus æquo operata juventus.

(L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 27.
La Jeunesse dorée.
But what are we? a mere consuming class,
Just fit for counting roughly in the mass :
Like to the suitors, or Alcinous' clan

Who spread vast pains upon the husk of man.—Conington. Fruges consumere natus (plur. nati) is often applied to those spoilt children of Fortune, who come into the world with their bread

ready buttered. 3461. Nos patriæ fines et dulcia linquimus arva Nos patriam fugimus.

(L.) Virg. E. 1, 3. The Emigrants. We leave familiar scenes behind,

Sweet fields of home, and native land. -Ed. 3462. Nosse omnia hæc salus est adolescentulis. (L.) Ter. Eun.

5, 4.—It is salvation to a young man to know all these matters (sc. the abominable home-life of women of the

town). 3463. Nosse volunt omnes, mercedem solvere nemo. (L.) Juv.

7, 157.-All wish to know, but none to pay the price. 3464. Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona, carpite florem, Qui nisi carptus erit, turpiter ipse cadet.

(L.) Ov. A. A. 3, 79. Pleasures fly without our helping ; cull the blossom of to-day:

Left upon its stalk, to-morrow of itsell 'twill fade away.—Ēd. 3465. Nos ubi decidimus

Quo pius Æneas, quo dives Tullus et Ancus,
Pulvis et umbra sumus. (L.) Hor. C. 4, 7, 14.

When we depart to that bleak shore
Where good Æneas went before,
Ancus, and Tullus of great store,

We are but dust and shade. -Ed. 3466. Nota bene, or N.B. (L.)--Note well. Observe. 3467. Notandi sunt tibi mores. (L.) Hor. A. P. 156.-Study

the manners of men.

3468. Noth bricht Eisen. (G.) Prov.—Necessity breaks iron.

All must yield to it. 3469. Notre défiance justifie la tromperie d'autrui. (Fr.) La

Rochef. Max. p. 42, § 86.-A want of confidence on our

part justifies the deceitful action of others. 3470. Notre vie est du vent tissu. (Fr.) Joubert |Our life is

woven wind. (Mr M. Arnold trans.) 3471. N'oubliez. (Fr.)- Do not forget. M. of Duke of Montrose. 3472. Nous avons changé tout cela. (Fr.) Mol. Méd. Malgré

lui, 2, 6.-We have changed all that.
Sganarelle, the pretended physician, declaring that the liver was
on the left side, the heart on the right, is asked by Géronte to
account for such an inversion of the usual arrangement, to which
he replies, “ Oui, cela était autrefois ainsi ; mais nous avons changé
tout cela, et nous faisons maintenant la médicine d'une méthode
toute nouvelle.” The phrase is often used in speaking of changes

or departures from old and usual customs. 3473. Nous avons tous assez de force pour supporter les maux

d'autrui. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 34, § 19.—We all

have sufficient strength to bear the misfortunes of others. 3474. Nous dansons sur un volcan. (Fr.)-We are dancing on a

volcano.
M. de Salvandy to the Duke of Orléans, at the fete given by the
latter to the King of Naples in the Palais Royal, not long before
the insurrection of 1830. “Ceci est une fête toute Napolitaine !”-

Quite a Neapolitan festa, your Royal Highness, we are dancing, etc. 3475. Nous désirerions peu de choses avec ardeur, si nous con

naissions parfaitement ce que nous désirons. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 88, § 461.-We should desire few things with anxiety, if we could justly appreciate the value of the

objects we have wished for. 3476. Nous maintiendrons. (Fr.)— We will maintain. Motto

of the Earl of Suffolk. 3477. Nous n'écoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les nôtres, Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.

(Fr.) La Font. 1, 8. We list to no instincts but what are our own,

Nor credit misfortune until it has come. -Ed. 3478. Nous ne savons ce que c'est que le bonheur ou le malheur

absolu. (Fr.) Rousseau ?— We do not know in what unmixed good or unmixed evil consists.

3479. Nous ne sommes hommes, et nous tenons les uns aux autres,

que par la parole. (Fr.) Montaignel-We are men, and our only medium of mutual communication is human

speech 3480. Nous ne trouvons guère de gens de bon sens que ceux qui

sont de notre avis. (Fr.) La Rochef. Max. p. 76, § 354. -We seldom find any persons possessed of good sense,

except those who are of our way of thinking. 3481. Nous sommes assemblés par la volonté nationale, nous ne

sortirons que par la force. (Fr.)—We are here by the
will of the nation, and we shall not leave except we are
driven out by force. Speech of Mirabeau to the Marquess
de Brézé (sent by Louis XVI. to dismiss the National
Assembly of 1789), according to the version given by
the Marquess' son in the French House of Peers, 1833.
(See Fournier, L'Esprit dans l'histoire, 227-230.)
I cannot, however, find these words in the Proceedings of the
National Assembly of 1789. Hugon (Mémoires Hist. etc., de la
Révol., Paris, 1790, vol. ii. p. 88) reports Mirabeau as concluding
his speech to M. de Brézé as follows: "Je vous déclare que, si l'on
vous a chargé de nous faire sortir d'ici, vous devez demander des
ordres pour employer la force, car nous ne quitterons nos places
que par la puissance de la baïonette. Words which were received
with the unanimous acclamation of the Assembly, Tel est le vou de

l'Assemblée. This was the 23d June 1789. 3482. Novi ego hoc sæculum, moribus quibus siet, malus bonum

malum Esse volt, ut sit sui similis; turbant, miscent mores mali;

rapax, Avarus, in videns, sacrum profanum, publicum privatum habent,

(L.) Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 6.— I know the age and its manners. Bad men would have a good man bad, so as to be like themselves. Our evil manners confound, and disorder everything. The greedy, covetous and envious, turn what's sacred to profane, and what's of public good, to private interest.

A grasping race! 3483. Novi ingenium mulierum Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro.

(L.) Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 43.—I know what a woman's temper is : when you will, they won't: and when you won't, then they are

in a perfect fever the other way. 3184. Novus homo. (L.)—A new man.

The first man of a family to obtain curule office (prætor, consul, or ædile) at

Hiulca gens.

Rome. Any one recently ennobled ; a parvenu, upstart,

man of yesterday. 3485. Nox erat, et cælo fulgebat luna sereno

Inter minora sidera. (L.) Hor. Epod. 15, 1.—'Twas night, and the moon was shining in the cloudless heaven among

the lesser constellations.
3486. Nox erat, et placidum carpebant fessa soporem

Corpora per terras, sylvæque et sæva quierunt
Æquora : quum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu :
Quum tacet omnis ager, pecudes, pictæque volucres,
Quæque lacus late liquidos, quæque aspera dumis
Rura tenent, somno positæ sub nocte silenti
Lenibunt curas, et corda oblitá laborum.

(L.) Virg. A. 4, 522. 'Tis night : earth's tired ones taste the balm,

The precious balm of sleep,
And in the forest there is calm,

And on the savage deep :
The stars are in their middle flight:

The fields are hushed : each bird or beast
That dwells beside the silver lake
Or haunts the tangles of the brake

In placid slumber lies, released

From trouble by the touch of night.-Conington. 3487. Nugis addere pondus. (L.) Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 42.—To give

consequence to trifles. 3488. Nulla ætas ad perdiscendum est. (L.)?—There is no age

at which we are beyond learning anything.

always learn something. 3489. Nulla dies sine linea. (L.) Prov.-No day without a

line. Cf. Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84, who relates that Apelles

never let a day go by without drawing something. 3490. Nulla fere causa est, in qua non foemina litem

Moverit. (L.) Juv. 6, 242.—There's hardly a lawsuit

but what a woman is at the bottom of it. 3491. Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas Impatiens consortis erit.

(L.) Lucan. 1, 92. Trust 'twixt associate kings does not reside :

No chief will brook a colleague at his side. -Ed. 3492. Nulla pallescere culpa. (L.)—Not to grow pale at guill.

Lord Winmarleigh.

We may