Latin quotes starting with N
271 Latin quotes starting with N, from Nam cur quae laedunt oculum festinas demere, si quid est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum? to Nutrisco et extinguo. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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Nam cur quae laedunt oculum festinas demere, si quid est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum?
Nam et qui bene imperat, paruerit aliquando necesse est, et qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet dignus esse
Nam et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque leviores
Nam illa tumultu gaudens non est industria, sed exagitatae mentis concursatio
Nam neque divitibus contingunt gaudia solis, nec vixit male qui natus moriensque fefellit
Nam oportet et haereses esse, ut et qui probati sunt manifesti fiant in vobis
Nam qui peccare se nescit, corrigi non vult
For whoever does not know that he is doing wrong does not want to be corrected.
Nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi
The wise man shapes his own fortune.
Nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet
For it is your concern when your neighbour's wall is on fire.
Nasciturus
Nasciturus pro iam nato habetur
Natales grate numeras?
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
Natura abhorret a vacuo
Natura enim non nisi parendo vincitur
Natura et doctrina
Natura et revelatio coeli gemini
Natura naturans
Natura naturata
Natura nihil frustra facit
Natura non contristatur
Nature is not saddened.
Natura non facit saltus
Nature does not make leaps.
Natura non nisi parendo vincitur
Naturalia non sunt turpia
Natural things are not shameful.
Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always come back.
Naturam primum cognoscere rerum
First, to learn the nature of things.
Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse
To sail is necessary; to live is not necessary.
Naviget Anticyram
Ne eligat is qui donum accipit
Ne puero gladium
Ne quid exspectes amicos, quod tute agere possis
Do not expect your friends to do what you can do yourself.
Ne quid nimis
Nothing in excess.
Ne sutor ultra crepidam
Ne varietur
Nec deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus inciderit
Nec facile mutabo dominum
I will not easily change my master.
Nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ovo
Nec Hercules contra duos
Nec minor est virtus quam quaerere, parta tueri
Keeping what you have gained is no less a skill than gaining it.
Nec pluribus impar
Nec satis apparet, cur versus factitet
Nec scire fas est omnia
Nor is it right to know everything.
Nec spe, nec metu
Nec tamen consumebatur
Nec temere, nec timide
Neither rashly nor timidly.
Nec ulla deformior species est civitatis quam illa in qua opulentissimi optimi putantur
There is no uglier form of state than one where the richest are thought the best.
Nec ut emat melius nec ut vendat quicquam simulabit aut dissimulabit vir bonus
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres
As a faithful translator, you will not take care to render word for word.
Nec vero superstitione tollenda religio tollitur
Nor is religion destroyed by destroying superstition.
Nec vi, nec clam, nec precario
Necessitas dat legem, non ipsa accipit
Necessity gives the law but does not itself accept one.
Necessitas non habet legem
Negativa non sunt probanda
Negotiorum gestio
Nemine contradicente
With no one speaking against.
Nemini cedere
Yield to no one.
Nemini res sua servit
Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans
Nemo contra Deum nisi Deus ipse
No one against God except God himself.
Nemo dat quod non habet
No one gives what they do not have.
Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere
Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit
For almost no one dances sober, unless he happens to be mad.
Nemo enim potest personam diu ferre
No one can wear a mask for long.
Nemo est supra legem
Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit
Nemo iudex in causa sua
Nemo legem ignorare censetur
Nemo liber est qui corpori servit
No one is free who is a slave to his body.
Nemo malus felix
No bad person is happy.
Nemo me impune lacessit
No one provokes me with impunity.
Nemo me lacrimis decoret, nec funera fletu faxit
Let no one honour me with tears or make my funeral with weeping.
Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit
No mortal is wise at all hours.
Nemo nascitur sapiens, sed fit
No one is born wise; one becomes wise.
Nemo plus iuris ad alium transferre potest quam ipse habet
Nemo pro parte testatus pro parte intestatus decedere potest
Nemo propheta in patria
No one is a prophet in his own country.
Nemo quam bene vivat, sed quam diu curat, cum omnibus possit contingere ut bene vivant, ut diu nulli
Nemo referre gratiam scit nisi sapiens
Nemo regere potest nisi qui et regi
No one can rule unless he can also be ruled.
Nemo sibi tantummodo errat, sed alieni erroris et causa et auctor est
No one errs only for himself; he is also the cause and author of another's error.
Nemo solus satis sapit
No one alone is wise enough.
Nemo tenetur se detegere
Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare
Neque ignorare medicum oportet quae sit aegri natura
Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo
Nequiquam deus abscidit prudens Oceano dissociabili terras, si tamen impiae non tangenda rates transiliunt vada
Nescire quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum
Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain always a child.
Nescis quid vesper serus vehat
You do not know what the late evening may bring.
Nescit vox missa reverti
A word once spoken cannot be taken back.
Nigro notanda lapillo
Nihil aegrius quam disciplinam accipimus
Nihil aliud esse ebrietatem quam voluntariam insaniam
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Nihil dicit
He says nothing.
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum
Nothing is blessed in every respect.
Nihil est annis velocius
Nothing is swifter than the years.
Nihil est in intellectu quod non sit prius in sensu
Nihil est incertius vulgo
Nothing is more uncertain than the crowd.
Nihil est opertum quod non revelabitur, et occultum quod non scietur
Nihil est perpetuum datum
Nothing is given forever.
Nihil est sine ratione
Nihil in terra sine causa fit
Nothing happens on earth without a cause.
Nihil novi
Nothing new.
Nihil novi sub sole
Nihil obstat
Nothing stands in the way.
Nihil perpetuum, pauca diuturna sunt; aliud alio modo fragile est
Nihil sine Deo
Nothing without God.
Nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum
Nil admirari
Be astonished at nothing.
Nil desperandum
Never despair.
Nil mortalibus ardui est
Nothing is too steep for mortals.
Nil satis nisi optimum
Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus
Nil sine numine
Nil volentibus arduum
Nothing is difficult for the willing.
Nimium ne crede colori
Don't trust appearances too much.
Nisi sapientia frustra
Nitidae vestes ornatiorem reddunt
Nobilitat stultum vestis honesta virum
Fine clothes make even a fool look noble.
Nobis bene, nemini male
Nolens volens
Noli equi dentes inspicere donati
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi; in interiore homine habitat veritas
Do not go outside, return into yourself; truth dwells in the inner self.
Noli me tangere
Do not touch me.
Noli turbare circulos meos!
Do not disturb my circles!
Nolle in causa est, non posse praetenditur
Unwillingness is the cause; inability is the excuse.
Nolle prosequi
To be unwilling to prosecute.
Nolo contendere
I do not wish to contend.
Nomen dubium
A doubtful name.
Nomen est omen
The name is a sign.
Nomen nudum
A naked name.
Nomina si nescis, perit et cognitio rerum
Nomina sunt odiosa
Non alios suo modulo metiri
Non amittuntur sed praemittuntur
Non auro, sed ferro, recuperanda est patria
Not with gold, but with iron must the homeland be won back.
Non bene olet qui bene semper olet
Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro
Freedom is not rightly sold for all the gold in the world.
Non bis in idem
Not twice for the same thing.
Non canimus surdis, respondent omnia silvae
We do not sing to the deaf; the woods echo every word.
Non capiunt lepores tympana rauca leves
Non causa pro causa
A non-cause taken for a cause.
Non compos mentis
Not in control of one's mind.
Non cum perfectis hominibus vivitur
We do not live among perfect people.
Non desistas, non exieris
Do not give up, do not walk away.
Non duce tempus eget
The times do not need a leader.
Non ducor, duco
I am not led; I lead.
Non enim omnis error stultitia est dicenda
For not every mistake should be called foolishness.
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
Non est factum
It is not my deed.
Non est princeps super leges, sed leges super principem
Non exiguum temporis habemus, sed multum perdidimus. Satis longa vita
Non extinguetur
It shall not be extinguished.
Non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum
You should not do evil so that good may come of it.
Non faciunt meliorem equum aurei freni
A golden bridle does not make a horse any better.
Non fortuna homines aestimabo, sed moribus
I will judge people not by their fortune but by their character.
Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo
Non hos quaesitum munus in usus
A gift not sought for such a use.
Non in legendo sed in intelligendo leges consistunt
Laws consist not in being read, but in being understood.
Non incautus futuri
Non licet omnibus adire Corinthum
Not everyone is allowed to go to Corinth.
Non liquet
It is not clear.
Non loqui sed facere
Not to talk, but to act.
Non ministrari, sed ministrare
Not to be served, but to serve.
Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis
We do not fear death, but the thought of death.
Non multa, sed multum
Not many things, but much.
Non nobis nati
Born not for ourselves.
Non nobis solum
Not for ourselves alone.
Non nobis, Domine
Not to us, O Lord.
Non nova, sed nove
Non numerantur, sed ponderantur
They are not counted, but weighed.
Non obstante veredicto
Notwithstanding the verdict.
Non olet
It does not smell.
Non omne quod licet honestum est
Non omne quod nitet aurum est
Not everything that shines is gold.
Non omnia possumus omnes
We cannot all do everything.
Non omnibus unum est quod placet
Not everyone likes the same thing.
Non omnis moriar
I shall not wholly die.
Non opus est verbis, sed fustibus
Not words but clubs are needed.
Non plus ultra
Nothing further beyond.
Non possidentem multa vocaveris recte beatum
You would not rightly call happy the man who owns much.
Non possumus
We cannot.
Non possunt primi esse omnes omni in tempore
Not everyone can be first all the time.
Non progredi est regredi
Not to go forward is to go backward.
Non prosequitur
He does not proceed.
Non quantum quisque prosit, sed quanti quisque sit, ponderandum est
We should weigh not how useful a person is, but what a person is worth.
Non qui parum habet, sed qui plus cupit, pauper est
It is not the one who has little, but the one who wants more, who is poor.
Non quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus difficilia sunt
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Non quis, sed quid
Not who, but what.
Non refert quam multos, sed quam bonos habeas
It does not matter how many you have, but how good they are.
Non rete accipitri tenditur neque milvo
Non satis est pulchra esse poemata; dulcia sunto, et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto
Non satis est puris versum perscribere verbis
It is not enough to write out a verse in plain words.
Non satis scire
To know is not enough.
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus
We learn not for school, but for life.
Non semper ea sunt quae videntur
Things are not always what they seem.
Non semper erit aestas
It will not always be summer.
Non sequitur
It does not follow.
Non serviam
I will not serve.
Non sibi
Not for oneself.
Non sibi, sed omnibus
Non sibi, sed patriae
Not for oneself, but for one's country.
Non sibi, sed suis
Not for oneself, but for one's own.
Non sufficit orbis
Non sum qualis eram
I am not what I once was.
Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum
Non timebo mala
I will fear no evil.
Non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo
Non venit vulnus ad cicatricem, in quo medicamenta temptantur
A wound does not heal if remedies keep being changed.
Non vestimentum virum ornat, sed vir vestimentum
Non vestra, sed vos
Not yours, but you.
Non vi, sed verbo
Not by force, but by the word.
Non vitae sed scholae discimus
We learn not for life but for school.
Nondum amabam, et amare amabam
Nondum omnium dierum solem occidisse
The sun of all days has not yet set.
Nonum prematur in annum
Let it be kept back until the ninth year.
Nos autem beatam vitam in animi securitate et in omnium vacatione munerum ponimus
Nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati
We are mere numbers, born to consume the fruits of the earth.
Nosce te ipsum
Know thyself.
Noscitur a sociis
It is known by its associates.
Noscitur ex socio, qui non cognoscitur ex se
Nota bene
Notitia criminis
Nova et vetera
Novatio legis
Novissima verba
Novissima voluntas servatur
Novus homo
A new man.
Novus ordo seclorum
A new order of the ages.
Noxiae poena par esto
Let the punishment be equal to the offence.
Nulla dies sine linea
No day without a line.
Nulla dies umquam memori vos eximet aevo
No day shall ever erase you from the memory of time.
Nulla est gloria praeterire asellos
There is no glory in overtaking donkeys.
Nulla est medicina sine lingua Latina
Nulla poena sine lege
No penalty without a law.
Nulla regula sine exceptione
No rule without an exception.
Nulla salus bello, pacem te poscimus omnes
Nulla tenaci invia est via
Nulli potest secura vita contingere qui de producenda nimis cogitat
Nulli secundus
Second to none.
Nulli tacuisse nocet, nocet esse locutum
Nullis amor est medicabilis herbis
Love cannot be cured by any herbs.
Nullius in verba
On the word of no one.
Nullum ad nocendum tempus angustum est malis
No time is too short for the wicked to do harm.
Nullum bellum iustum habetur nisi denuntiatum, nisi indictum
No war is considered just unless it is announced and declared.
Nullum crimen sine culpa
Nullum erit tempus hoc amisso
Once this moment is lost, there will be no other.
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
There has never been great genius without a touch of madness.
Nullus agenti dies longus est
No day is long for one who is busy.
Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat atque molliat
Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit
Nullus idoneus testis in re sua intellegitur
Num et Saul inter prophetas?
Numen lumen
The divine is our light.
Numerantur sententiae, non ponderantur
Numero deus impare gaudet
Numerus clausus
Closed number.
Numquam me in re bona mali pudebit auctoris
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
Numquam minus solus quam cum solus
Never less alone than when alone.
Numquam plura delicta concurrentia faciunt ut ullius impunitas detur
Numquam vacat lascivire districtis, nihilque tam certum est quam otii vitia negotio discuti
Nunc aut numquam
Now or never.
Nunc dimittis
Now you dismiss.
Nunc est bibendum
Now is the time to drink.
Nunc pro tunc
Now for then.
Nunc rationem, quo ea me cumque ducet, sequar
Nunc scio quid sit Amor
Now I know what Love is.
Nunc vino pellite curas
Now drive away your cares with wine.
Nunquam non paratus
Never unprepared.
Nunquam otiosus
Nusquam est qui ubique est
Nutrimentum spiritus
Nutrisco et extinguo