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Latin Proverbs: N

Latin proverbs with words beginning with letter N

Boundless Money Is the Tendon of War

Nervi belli pecunia infinita
Boundless money is the tendon of war.

The Tendon Of Things

Nervus rerum
The tendon of things.

Nor Does Apollo Always Keep his Bow Drawn

Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo (Horace)
Nor does Apollo always keep his bow drawn.

To Be too Successful Is to Be In Solitude

Rem nimium bene gerere, in solitudo esse
To be [too] successful is to be in solitude.

Deciduous

Nudifolia
Deciduous.

If I Cannot Bend Heaven, I Shall Move Hell

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Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo
If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

Where Defeat Inevitable, it Is Wisest to Yield

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Ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere
Where defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

May you Wife not Be very Learned

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Sit non doctissima coniux (Martial)
May your wife not be very learned.

I See Beard and Cloak, no Philosopher

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Video barbam et pallium, philosophum nondum video
I see the beard and the cloak, I have yet to see the philosopher.