Let no man fancy he knows how to dine Till he has learnt how taste and taste combine.-Conington. Lit. No one can pretend to know the art of giving good dinners, until he has mastered the subtle law of flavours. 3220. Nec, si forte roges, possim tibi dicere quot sint. Pauperis est numerare pecus. Polyphemus. (L.) Ov. M. 13, 823. Nor can I tell how many more I keep; "Tis a poor man that always counts his sheep.-Ed. 3221. Nec si me subito videas agnoscere possis, Etatis facta est tanta ruina meæ. (L.) Ov. Ep. 1, 4, 5.-Were you to come across me suddenly, you would not know me. I am such a wreck of what I used to be. 3222. Nec temere, nec timide. (L.)-Neither rashly nor timidly. Duke of Cleveland and Earls of Bradford and Munster. 3223. Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit Occurrat; mentemque domet respectus honesti. (L.) Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 267.-Consider not what you may do but what you ought, and let your sense of what is right govern your conduct. Cf. Quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis. Cic. Rab. Post. 5, 11.-You ought to consider what is becoming, not how far a thing may be lawful; and, Omnia mihi licent, sed omnia non expediunt. Vulg. Ep. Cor. 1, 10, 23.-All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. 3224. Nec timeo, nec sperno. (L.)-I neither fear nor despise. Motto of Viscount Boyne. 3225. Nec tu divinam Æneida tenta Sed longe sequere, et vestigia semper adora. (L.) Statius. Theb. 12, 816.-Do not compete with the divine Eneid, but follow far behind, reverencing Virgil's footsteps at a distance. Poet to his own Muse. 3226. Nec Veneris pharetris macer est, aut lampade fervet : Inde faces ardent; veniunt a dote sagittæ. The mercenary lover. Not Venus' quiver makes him lean, It is her money-bags, I ween, (L.) Juv. 6, 137. Thence come both darts and torch.-Ed. 3227. Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus Interpres; nec desilies imitator in arctum, Unde pedem proferre pudor vetet aut operis lex. (L.) not be necessary to give word for word: nor to plunge, as a mere imitator, into chains from which shame and the requirements of your work will afterwards not allow you to escape. 3228. Nec vero illa parva vis naturæ est rationisque, quod, unum hoc animal sentit quid sit ordo, quid sit, quod deceat, in factis dictisque qui modus. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14.—It is no slight characteristic of the nature of perceptive faculties of man, that he alone of all living creatures goes feeling after the discovery of an order, a law of good taste, a measure for his words and actions. (Mr Matthew Arnold, tr.) 3229. Nec vidisse semel satis est, juvat usque morari Et conferre gradum, et veniendi discere causas. (L.) Virg. A. 6, 487.-Nor are they satisfied to have merely seen him (Eneas), they were delighted to prolong the interview, and to approach nearer, and to learn the cause of his coming. The ghosts of departed Trojans crowd round Æneas when he visits the infernal regions. 3230. Nec vultu destrue dicta tuo, (L.) Ov. A. A. 2, 3, 12.Take care not to belie your words by your looks. 3231. Ne depugnes in alieno negotio. (L.)?-Do not fight in another man's business. 3232. Ne exeat regno. (L.) Law Term.-Let him not go out of the kingdom. Name of a writ issued to prevent a person leaving the country without the sovereign's licence. 3233. Ne faut-il que délibérer ? La cour en conseillers foisonne : Est-il besoin d'exécuter? L'on ne rencontre personne. (Fr.) La Font. 2, 2. Have plans to be discussed? Of course, Should plans resolved be put in force? 3234. Ne forçons point notre talent, Nous ne ferions rien avec grâce. (Fr.) La Font. 4, 5, 1.-Do not let us force our powers unduly, we shall else never do anything with good effect. 3235. Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed omnino dissoluti. (L.) Cic. Off. 1, 28, 99.To be unconcerned at what persons may think of you, is not merely a mark of presumption, but of an utterly abandoned character. 3236. Negotii sibi qui volet vim parare Habent, forte si obceperis exornare. (L.) Plaut. Pæn. 1, 2, 1.-Let the man who wants to make himself a world of business, get a vessel and a wife. No two things are so troublesome, if you by chance undertake to fit them out. 3237. Ne Hercules quidem contra duos. (L.) Aul. Gel. ?-Even Hercules himself cannot contend against two at once. 3238. Neкpòs ou dáкvel. (Gr.) Plutarch, Pomp. 78.-Dead men don't bite. 3239. Nem. con. Abbrev. of Nemine contradicente. (L.)-Nobody opposing; unanimously. (2.) Nem. diss. (Nemine dissentiente) means the same. 3240. Nemo allegans suam turpitudinem audiendus est. (L.) Law Max.-No one bearing testimony of his own turpitude ought to be heard. 3241. Nemo dat quod non habet. (L.) Law Max.—Nobody can give what he does not possess. In the transfer of a property, Nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest quam ipse haberet, No one can transfer to another a better title than he himself had. 3242. Nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto. (L.) Law Max. —No man shall be punished more than once for the same offence. 3243. Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa. (L.) Law Max.-No one shall be twice vexed for one and the same cause. "If he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead autrefois acquit, and it will be a good bar to the indictment."-Broom, Leg. Max. p. 340. 3244. Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa. (L.) Law Max. -No one should be judge in his own cause, i.e., where he is a party interested in the case. 3245. Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii incon stantiam dixit esse. (L.) Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3.--No wise man ever imputed a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion. 3246. Nemo est tam senex qui se annum non putat posse vivere. Cic. Sen. 7, 24.-No man is so old as not to think he can live one year more. (L.) - 3247. Nemo ex proprio dolo consequitur actionem. (L.) Law Max. No man can found any claim upon his own fraud; and, Nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria, No one can take advantage of his own wrongful act. These two maxims state the same general principle, viz., that a man's wrongful act, much more his wrong intention not expressed, shall not be allowed to gain him the favourable interpretation of the law. Thus, a deed or gift of goods to a third party, to escape an action for debt brought by a second party, would be held fraudulent and of no effect in restraining the process, for Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam conditionem facere potest, No man can be allowed to make his case better by his own wrong-doing. 3248. Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit. (L.) Cic. Ñ. D. 2, 66.-There never has been any really great man who had not some divine inspiration. 3249. Nemo ita pauper vivit, quam pauper natus est. (L.) Prov. -No one is so poor as he was when he came into the world. 3250. Nemo læditur nisi a seipso. (L.) Prov.-No man is hurt but by himself. 3251. Nemo malus felix, minime corruptor. (L.) Juv. 4, 5.No wicked man can be happy, least of all one who corrupts others. 3252. Nemo mathematicus genium indemnatus habebit. (L.) Juv. 6, 561.-No mathematician is thought a genius until he is condemned. A saying which would apply both to Galileo and to Dr Colenso. 3253. Nemo me impune lacessit. (L.)—No one provokes me with impunity. Motto of the Order of the Thistle, 21st Fusiliers, and 42nd (Black Watch). A Scotch maxim. 3254. Nemo me lacrumis decoret, nec funera fletu Faxit. Cur? Volito vivu' per ora virom. (L.) Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34. Weep not for me, nor mourn when I am gone. Cf. Virg. G. 3, 8: Tentanda via est, qua me quoque possim The Poet's ambition. By me, too, must a way be dared To rise above the common herd: (L.) 3255. Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit. (L.) Plin. ?—No man is wise at all times. 3256. Nemo patriam in qua natus est exuere nec ligeantiæ debitum ejurare possit. (L.) Law Max.-No one can abjure his native country or the allegiance which he owes to his sovereign. 3257. Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam. (L.) Law Max.-No one may change his mind to the prejudice of another. A rule of legislative policy, restraining the law-giver from altering the law to the damage of any vested rights; and accordingly it is laid down, Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non præteritis, A new statute ought to be prospective, not retrospective, in its operation. 3258. Nemo potest nudo vestimenta detrahere. (L.) Prov. You cannot strip a naked mun of his clothes. 3259. Nemo præsumitur alienam posteritatem suæ prætulisse. (L.) Law Max.-No one is presumed to have preferred another man's offspring to his own. 3260. Nemo propheta acceptus est in patriâ suâ. (L.) Prov. Vulg. S. Luc. 4, 24.-No prophet is accepted in his own country. 3261. Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto. (L.) Law Max.—No one must be punished for another man's fault. 3262. Nemo quam bene vivat, sed quamdiu, curat: quum omnibus possit contingere ut bene vivat, ut diu nulli. (L.) Sen. Ep. 22.-No one cares how well he may live, but how long he may do so: a thing which it is impossible for any to count upon, while the other is within every one's reach. 3263. Nemo solus sapit. (L.) Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 12.—No man is sufficiently wise by himself. We all stand in need of friendly advice. (L.) Law Max.-No A magistrate cautions 3264. Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare. one is bound to criminate himself. the accused before receiving any statement from him: and a witness may decline to answer where his answer would criminate, or even indirectly tend to criminate him. 3265. Ne musca quidem. (L.) Prov.-Not even a fly. Not a living creature. Perfect solitude. Ꮓ |