Old Sayings : N

Nature is the art of God.- Latin (on nature)
Necessity is a great teacher. - Mexican (on education)
Necessity is the mother of invention. - Irish Proverb
Necessity never made a good bargain. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Neglect mending a small fault and ’twill soon be a great one. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Neither a borrower nor a lender be. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Never apologize before you are accused. - Charles I of Great Britain (1600-1649)
Never bet your money on another man’s game. - unknown
Never change horses in midstream. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Never cut what can be untied. - Portuguese Proverb
Never give advice unasked. - unknown
Never give up hope. - unknown
Never look a gift horse in the mouth. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Never mind whether the horse is blind or not, just load up the wagon. - Stephen Boyd (thanks to Warren ?)
Never mistake a single mistake with a final mistake. - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Never pick up what you didn’t put down. - Virgin Islander (on temptation)
Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. - English Proverb
Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind. - Italian (on caution and care)
Never say die. - unknown
Never say never. - unknown
Never spend time with people who don’t respect you. - Maori (on courtesy and respect)
Never spend your money before you have it. - unknown
Never stop learning. - unknown
Never take anything for granted. - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Never trouble trouble ’til trouble troubles you. - unknown
New day, new fate.- Bulgarian (on opportunity)
Nice words are free, so choose ones that please another’s ears. - Vietnamese (on courtesy and respect)
No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted. - Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
No clock is more regular than the belly. - French (on food and hunger)
No gains without pains. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
No legacy is as rich as honesty. - unknown
No man can lose what he never had. - George Herbert (1593-1632)
No man fears what he has seen grow. - African Proverb
No news is good news. - unknown
No offense taken when none is meant. - unknown
No one can make us feel inferior without our consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
No one goes through life unscathed. - unknown
No one is easy to live with all of the time. - unknown
No one is good at everything but everyone is good at something. - unknown
No one is hurt by doing the right thing. - Hawaiian (on good and evil)
No one should be judge in his own cause. - Legal Maxim
No pain, no gain. - American (on adversity)
No rest for the weary. - unknown (variation )
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.- Native American (on impossibility)
No sin is hidden to the soul. - Bengali (Asian Indian) (on conscience)
No sleep, no dreams. - Korean (on rewards and consequences)
No time like the present. - Mrs. Mary De La Riviera Manley (1663-1724)
Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one’s actions. - Darren Bateman
Nobody’s perfect. - unknown
Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Not all who make love, make marriages.- Russian (on marriage)
Not everything you hear is good for talk. - Japanese (on gossip)
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Nothing goes on forever. - unknown
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. - Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. - French Proverb
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand. - George Eliot (1819-1880)
Nothing is black or white. - unknown
Nothing is certain but death and taxes. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Nothing is difficult if you’re used to it. - Kashmiri(on habit)
Nothing is easy to the unwilling. - Gaelic (on attitude)
Nothing is impossible to the willing mind. - Books of the Han Dynasty
Nothing is impossible to the willing heart. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Nothing remains constant except change itself. - unknown
Nothing seems expensive on credit.- Czech (on indebtedness)
Nothing succeeds like success. - unknown
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. - Chaucer (c.1343-1400)

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