"Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona. Carpite florem, Qui nisi carptus erit, turpiter ipse cadet."

ÖVID. De Arte Amandi, III., 179.

"Our blessings flee unaided. Pluck the flower,
For if you pluck it not, 'twill fade and fall."

"Nostrapte culpa facimus, ut malos expediat esse,
Dum nimium dici nos bonos studemus et benignos.
Ita fugias ne praeter casam, quod aiunt."

TERENCE. Phormio, Act V., Sc II., 1.-(Demipho.)

""Tis our own fault that we encourage rogues,

By overstraining the due character

Of honesty and generosity.

'Shoot not beyond the mark,' the proverb goes."

"Nota mala res optuma 'st."

-(George Colman.)

PLAUTUS. Trinummus, Act I., Sc. II., 25.--(Megaronides.) "The evil that we know is best."-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Notissimum quodque malum, maxime tolerabile."

LIVY. Histories, XXIII., 3.

"Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar."

"Notatio naturae, et animadversio peperit artem."

CICERO. Orator, LV., 183.

"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature."

"Novi ego amantium animum; advertunt graviter quae non censeas.' TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act III., Sc. III., 9.—(Chremes.) "I know the ways

Of lovers; they oft take offence at things
You dream not of."-(George Colman.)

"Novi ego ingenium viri

Indocile: flecti non potest, frangi potest."

SENECA. Thyestes, 199.-(Atreus.)

"I know the stubborn temper of the man;
He may be broken but can ne'er be bent."
"Novi ingenium mulierum:

Nolunt ubi velis; ubi nolis cupiunt ultro."

TERENCE. Eunuchus, Act IV., Sc. VII., 42.-(Gnatho.)

The ways of women.

"I know

When you will, they won't,

And when you won't, they're dying for you."-(George Colman.)

"Novo modo tu, homo, amas; si quidem te quidquam, quod faxis, pudet, Nihil amas; umbra es amantum magis, quam amator, Pleusides." PLAUTUS. Miles Gloriosus, Act III., Sc. I., 30.—(Periplectomenes.) "You are a lover, man, of a new mode, That you can blush at anything you do. Go, go, you nothing love.-A lover? no, The semblance you, and shadow of a lover."

-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Nudo detrahere vestimenta me jubes."

PLAUTUS. Asinaria, Act I., Sc. I., 79.-(Libanus.) "You order me to strip the clothes from a naked man." "Nudum hominem primum mater Natura profudit; Insuper excruciat, niveis quum dentibus armat.”

SERENUS SAMONICUS. De Medecina, 1038.

"Naked is man of Mother Nature born;

But soon she tortures him, when with white teeth
She arms him."

"Nudum latro transmittit. Etiam in obsessa via pauperi pax est."

SENECA. Epistolae, XIV., 9. "The footpad lets the beggar pass by. Even when the highway is in the hands of brigands, there is no danger to the poor man."

"Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator."

JUVENAL. Satires, X., 22.

"Void of care the beggar trips along, And, in the spoiler's presence, trolls his song."-(Gifford.)

"Nudus amor formae non amat artificem."

PROPERTIUS. Elegies, I., 2, 8.

"Naked love

Loves not the beauty that is due to art."

"Num quis, quod bonus vir esset, gratias diis egit unquam? At quod dives, quod honoratus, quod incolumis."

CICERO. De Natura Deorum, III., 36, 87.
But for wealth, for

"Who was ever known to thank the gods for virtue?
honour, for safety, many.'

"Num tibi cum fauces urit satis, aurea quaeris Pocula?"

HORACE. Satires, I., 2, 114. "Surely you do not ask to drink from golden cups, When you're half dead with thirst?"

Fictilibus."

"Nulla aconita bibuntur

JUVENAL. Satires, X., 25.

"None from earthen bowls destruction sip.”—(Gifford.)

"Nulla dies adeo est australibus humida nimbis,

Non intermissis ut fluat imber aquis.

Non sterilis locus ullus ita est, ut non sit in illo
Mixta fere duris utilis herba rubis.

Nil adeo fortuna gravis miserabile fecit,
Ut minuant nulla gaudia parte malum."

OVID. Epistolae ex Ponto, IV., 4, 1.

"The south wind ne'er so fast the rain clouds brings,
That there's no glimpse of sunshine 'twixt the showers.

No land's so barren that we may not find

Some useful herb amidst the brambles hidden.

No lot has fortune so unhappy made,

But some joy's left to ease the sting of pain."

"Nulla est igitur excusatio peccati, si amici causa peccaveris.”

CICERO. De Amicitia, XI., 37.

"It is no excuse for sin that we sinned for a friend's sake."

TERENCE. Heautontimorumenos, Act IV., Sc. VI., 1.—(Clitipho.) "Nothing so easy in itself, but when

Performed against one's will grows difficult."—(George Colman.)

"Nulla est tam stulta civitas, quae non injuste imperare malit, quam servire juste." CICERO. De Republica, III., 18, 28. "There is no community so foolish as not to prefer unlawful dominion to lawful servitude.

"Nulla est voluptas navitis, Messenio,

Major, meo animo, quam quom ex alto procul

Terram conspiciunt.'

PLAUTUS. Menaechmi, Act II., Sc. I., 1.—(Menaechmus Sosicles.)
"No greater joy have voyagers, Messenio,
Than from the deep far off to spy out land."

"Nulla fere causa est in qua non femina litem Moverit."

-(Bonnell Thornton.)

JUVENAL. Satires, VI., 242.

"Mongst those who share a throne no loyalty can be.

Dominion's aye impatient of a consort.'

"Nulla injuria est quae in volentem fiat."

ULPIANUS. (Corpus Juris Civilis Romani, Digesta, Lib. XLVII.,
Tit. X., 1., § 5.)

"That is no injury which is done to a willing person."
(Generally quoted, "Volenti non fit injuria".)

"Nulla juventutis est spes; sese omnes amant."

PLAUTUS. Captivi, Act I., Sc. II., 19.--(Ergasilus.) "Young fellows of this age are all self-lovers;

I have no hopes of 'em."-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Nulla lex satis commoda omnibus est: id modo quaeritur, si majori parti et in summam prodest." LIVY. Histories, XXXIV., 3. "No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority."

"Nulla reparabilis arte

Laesa pudicitia est. Deperit illa semel." OVID. Heroides, V., 101. "A stain on chastity no art can wash away;

It dies to live no more.'

"Nulla res efficacius multitudinem regit, quam superstitio: alioquin impotens, saeva, mutabilis, ubi vana religione capta est, melius vatibus quam ducibus suis paret.

QUINTUS CURTIUS. De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, IV., 10, 7.
"Nothing has more effect upon the mob than superstition: at other times
feeble, cruel, inconstant, once it falls under the spell of some ground.
less belief, it obeys its priests more willingly than its leaders."

"Nulla sancta societas

Nec fides regni est.

ENNIUS. (Quoted by Cicero, de Officiis, I., 8, 26.) "There is no holy bond, and no fidelity

"Twixt those who share a throne."

"Nulla sors longa est; dolor ac voluptas

Invicem cedunt; brevior voluptas."

SENECA. Thyestes, 596.-(Chorus.)

"Nought is allotted us for long; pleasure and pain
In turn succeed each other, but 'tis pleasure
That swiftest flees."

"Nulla taberna meos habeat, nec pila, libellos
Queis manus insudet vulgi, Hermogenisque Tigelli;
Nec recitem quicquam, nisi amicis, idque coactus,
Non ubivis, coramve quibuslibet."

HORACE. Satires, I., 4, 71.

"No books of mine on stall or counter stand,

To tempt Tigellus or some clammier hand,
Nor read I save to friends, and that when pressed,
Not to chance auditor, or casual guest."--(Conington.)

"Nulla unquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est.
O demens, ita servus homo est? Nil fecerit, esto:
Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas."

JUVENAL. Satires, VI., 221.

"When the life of man is in debate,

No time can be too long, no care too great;
Hear all, weigh all with caution, I advise.
"Thou sniveller! is a slave a man?' she cries.

'He's innocent, be't so:-'tis my command,

My will; let that, sir, for a reason stand.""-(Gifford.)

"Nullae sunt occultiores insidiae, quam eae quae latent in simulatione officii aut in aliquo necessitudinis nomine."

CICERO. In Verrem, II., 1, 15, 39.

"A conspiracy is never more difficult of detection than when it is concealed under a pretence of duty, or some alleged necessity."

"Nullam ego rem citiorem apud homines esse quam famam reor.'

PLAUTUS. Fragment.

"There's nothing among men more swift, methinks, than rumour. "Nullam invenies quae parcat amanti."

JUVENAL. Satires, VI., 208.

"To a fond spouse a wife no mercy shows."-(Gifford.) "Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus unquam."

LUCRETIUS. De Rerum Natura, I., 151.

"Nothing the gods have e'er produced from nothingness."

"Nulli ad aliena respicienti sua placent."

SENECA. De Ira, III., 31, 1.

"No one is pleased with what he has, when he looks round at the possessions of others."

"Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum."

PLAUTUS. Curculio, Act I., Sc. III., 33.—(Planesium.)

"No blessing lasts for ever."-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Nulli fortuna tam dedita est, ut multa temptanti ubique respondeat." SENECA. De Ira, III., 6, 5. "To no one is fortune so enslaved that she will always answer to his prayers if he attempts too much."

"Nulli secundus."

"Second to none."

APULEIUS. Florida, I., 9, 32.

"Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,

Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes."

"I've taken no man's shilling; none

Of all your fathers owns me for his son;
Just where the weather drives me, I invite

HORACE. Epistolae, I., 1, 14.

"Nullius boni sine socio jucunda possessio est."

SENECA. Epistolae, VI., 4.

Myself to take up quarters for the night."-(Conington.)

"There is no pleasure in the possession of any blessing unless we share it

with another."

"Nullius exitium patitur Natura videri."

LUCRETIUS. De Rerum Natura, I., 218.

"There is no place in nature for extinction." "Nullo fata loco possis excludere: quum Mors Venerit in medio, Tibure Sardinia est."

MARTIAL. Epigrams, IV., 60, 5.

"Go where you will, you cannot shut
The door on Fate; when Death draws nigh,
Then far Sardinia is as near

As Tibur."

"Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis."

SENECA. Medea, 292.-(Creon.)

"No time is too short for the evil-disposed to work their wicked will." "Nullum bellum suscipi a civitate optima, nisi aut pro fide aut pro CICERO. De Republica, III., 23, 34.

salute."

"War should only be undertaken by a highly civilised state to preserve either its religion, or its existence."

PLAUTUS.

"Nullum beneficium esse duco id, quod cui facias non placet." Trinummus, Act III., Sc. III., 12.—(Lesbonicus.) 66 'Nought can I deem

A benefit, if it displeases him

On whom it is bestowed."-(Bonnell Thornton.)

"Nullum enim officium referenda gratia magis necessarium est."

CICERO. De Officiis, I., 15, 47.

"There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of a kindness." "(Dicere enim solebat) nullum esse librum tam malum, ut non aliqua parte prodesset.'

PLINY THE YOUNGER.

Epistolae, III., 5.—(A saying of Pliny the Elder.)

"No book is so bad but benefit may be derived from some part of it."