Net
1. A new net won't catch an old bird. Dan.
2. All is fish that comes to his net.
3. In vain the net is spread in sight of any bird.
Bible.
4. Nets are for thrushes, eagles are not caught
so. Werner.
5. New nets don't catch old birds. Sp.
6. The net that holds no great, takes little fish.
Southwell,
7. The net was never spread for the hawk or
buzzard that hurt us, but for the harmless birds that
are good meat. Benjonson.
8. The rough net's not the best catcher of birds.
9. When there is no fish in one spot cast your
net in another. Chinese.
10. With never a single hemp thread in his hand
he thinks to make a dozen nets. {Trading without
capital^ Chinese,
Nettle.
1. He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest
stung.
2. It is better to be stung by a nettle than
pricked by a rose.
3. Tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings
you for your pains ;
Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as
silk remains.
4. Though you stroke the nettle ever so kindly,
yet it will siing you.
Neutral.— Never.— New. 85
Neutral.
1. A neutral is a bat. Ger.
2. Neutrals are soused from above and singed
from below. Ger.
3. Neutrals think to tread on eggs and break
none. Ger.
4. Who can ride upon two saddles is a neutral.
Ger,
5. He howls with the wolves, and bleats with
the sheep. Dutch.
Never.
1. It shall be done when the king comes to
Wigkn ; />., never.
2. Never is a long day.
3. Never is a long term.
4. When the Greek Calends come, when two
Sundays meet, when the frog has hair ; />., never.
New.
1. A new toot out of an old horn.
2. Always something new, seldom something
good. Ger.
3. Everything new is beautiful. Ital.
4. New things are most looked at.
5. Nothing is so new as what has long been for-
gotten. Ger.
6. Nothing is so new but it has happened before.
Dan.
7. One must not throw away the old until he has
the new. Ger.
8. The new is always liked though the old is
often better. Dan,
86 Nkws.
9. There is no new thing under the sun. Bible.
10. There is nothing new under the sun.
11. What is new is always fine. J*r,
News.
1. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good
news from a far country. Bible*
2. Bad news always comes too soon. Ger.
3. Bad news has wings. JFr.
4. Bad news is always true. Sp.
5. Bad news is the first to come. lUil,
6. Do not fret for news, it will grow old, and
you shall know it. Sp.
7. For evil news rides post while good news
bates. Milton.
8. Go into the country to hear what news in town.
9. Good news is rumored, bad news flies.
Sp*^ JPiOK,
10. Good news sweetens the blood. Fr,
11. He comes too early who brings bad news. Ger.
12. He knocks boldly who brings good news.
Fr,^ Ital.y Dan.
13. He was scant of news who told his father was
hanged.
14. He was short of news that spoke ill of his
mother.
15. Ill news are aft o'er true.
16. Ill news are swallow winged,
But good walks on crutches. Massinger.
17. Ill news travels fast. Ital.
18. It is a barber's news. Greek,
NawsrAPKR.— NiCB. g-j H
19
No news i
good news. Fr., Hal. ■
20
The lame post brings the surest news. H
ZI
The sun never sets without fresh news. Kaffir. H
32
They are scarce of news that speak ill of theit H
mother.
Ulster.
23
Though it
>e honest, it is never good
To bring
bad news. III tidings tell Ihem-
selves.
Shaks.
24
Too good
news 10 be true.
25
Vou must
go into the country to hear what
news at London.
Newspaper.
I
Speak and
speak out and sow wisdom about.
Dice,
doce, E-dice
{Punch's motto/or a newspaper:)
1
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared |
than
a thousand
Dayonets. Napoleon. ■
3
Newspapers are curious exponents of diseased |
ideas
Russel
4-
There are
never any vacancies on a good
newspaper : there
is always room for a good man.
Col Starbuck.
S-
The press
s the sheet anchor of our liberties.
Nice.
I-
As nice as
a nun's hen.
2.
He is more
nice than wise.
3-
Nothing so
nasty as a nice man. £>ean Swift.
4-
To undo c
osses in a straw loft. (To pari all
the straws that they may not lie cross-wise, i.e., to be |
MW ««■(•.)
sp. m
1
Who is over nice loses many a slice, Ger. . ■
88 Niggard.— Night.— Nightingale.
Niggard.
I. The niggard spends as much as he who is lib-
eral and in the end more. Pr.
Night.
1. Blemishes are unseen by night
2. Darkness and night are mothers of thought.
Dutch.
3. Night gives counsel. Fr.
4. Night has no friends. Fr.
S- Night is the mother of counsels.
6. Night is the mother of thought.
7. The night brings counsel.
8. The night is a cloak for sinners.
9. What is done by night appears by day.
Nightingale.
1. A nightingale was put in a golden cage — " Oh
for my home," she said. Thtrk.
2. A nightingale won't sing in a cage.
3. Ever>'body thinks his own cuckoo sings better
than another's nightingale. Ger.
4. He esteems the crow and nightingale alike.
Turk.
5. It is better to hear the nightingale sing than
the mouse gnaw. Ital,
6. Nightingales can sing their own songs best.
7. The nightingale and the cuckoo sing both in
one month.
8. When the crow sings the nightingale takes
wing. M. Greek.
No, Yes. — Nobiuty. gg
9. When the nightingale sings no more she's an
ugly brown bird.
10. Who cries like a raven when young, does not
sing like a nightingale when old. Ger.
No, Yes.
1. My " no " is as good as your " yes." Ital.
2. "No " and " yes " cause long disputes. Dan.
3. " No " is a good answer when given in time. -
Dan,
4. Out of " yes " and " no " come all disputes. Fr,
5. Ten no's are better than one lie. Dan,
6. " Yes " and " no " is a long dispute. Ger.
Nobility.
1. A true nobleman would prefer rags to patched
clothing. Sp.
2. Better not be at all than not be noble.
Tennyson,
3. Born to consume the fruits of the earth. (Fruges
cansumere nafi.)
4. Do not make a difference between the noble
and ignoble. Hindoo,
5. He is ignoble who disgraces his brave ances-
tors by a vicious life.
6. He is noble that hath noble conditions.
7. He is noble who performs noble deeds. Dutch.
8. He is of the twice ten thousand for whom
earth was made.
9. He is of true nobility, his father went to the
chase with a pair of oxen. Ger.
10. It is a reproach to be the first gentleman of
his race, but it is a greater to be the last.
go NoBLK Lives. — Nodding, Napping.
11. Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning
die,
But give us back our old nobility.
Ijordjohn Mamners.
12. Nobility consists in virtue. Don Quixote.
13. Nobility has its obligations. {Noblesse oblige.)
14. Nobility is nothing but ancient riches, and
money is the world's idol.
15. Nobility remains noble. Hans Andersen.
16. Piety, prudence, wit, and civility are the ele-
ments of true nobility. Ger.
17. The more noble the more humble.
18. There never were fewer nobles than when all
would be so. Dan.
19. Tis only noble to be good. Tennyson,
20. To be of noble parentage and not to be en-
dowed with noble qualities is rather a defamation
than a glory.
21. True nobility is exempt from fear. Skaks.
22. True nobility is invulnerable. J^.
23. Twas virtue only at first made all men noble.
Benjonson.
Noble Lives.
I. In the wreck of noble lives.
Something immortal still survives. Longfellow.
Nodding, Napping.
1. Even Demosthenes sometimes nodded in his
orations. Cicero.
2. Even the good Homer is sometimes caught
napping. Horace,
NoiSB.— Nonsense. — Nose.
91
Noise.
I. He that loves noise must buy a pig.
Nonsense.
I. A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men. Holmes.
Nose.
1. h big (long) nose never spoiled a handsome
face. Fr,
2. A man should not stick his nose in his
nei^bor's pot.
3. A man should not stick his nose in every-
thing.
4. A red nose makes a ragged back. Scotch,
5. He cut off his nose to spite his face.
6. He that hath a great nose thinks everybody is
speaking of it.
7. His nose will abide no jests.
8. If you have lost your nose put your hand be-
fore the place. Ital.
9. If Cleopatra's nose had been a quarter of an
inch shorter it would have changed the face of the
world.
10. Keep your nose out of another's mess. Dan.
11. No one bites his own nose.
12. One may know by your nose what pottage
vou love.
13. Scant of cheeks makes a long nose.
14. To be led by the nose. Dutch.
15. To follow one's nose.
16. Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed.
Fr.
92
Not Easy.— Nothing.
Not Easy.
1. It is not easy to know your butter in another
man's cabbage. Dan.
2. It is not easy to pluck hairs from a bald pate.
Dan,
3. It is not easy to show the way to a blind
man. Itai,
4. It is not easy to sting a bear with a straw.
Dan.
5. It is not easy to straighten in the oak the
crook that grew in the sapling. Gaelic.
6. It is not easy to walk on the devil's ice. Dan,
Nothing.
1. Blessed be nothing. (jExclamation of a house-
wife on cleaning day.)
2. Blessed be nothing when the tax-gatherer
comes around.
3. Better aught than naught. Ital,^ Ger.
4. Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall
not be disappointed. Pope.
5. From nothing nothing can come. Fr.
6. He goes safely who has nothing. It.
7. He has nothing for whom nothing is enough.
Fr.^ For.
8. He that has nothing is frightened at nothing.
9. He that has nothing to spare must not keep
a dog.
10. He who has nothing fears nothing. Fr.
11. Naught is never in danger.
12. No one so liberal as he who has nothing to
give. Fr.
Novelty. — Nurse.
93
13. None have all and none have nothing. Ger.
14. Nothing can come of nothing. {Ex nihilo
nihil fit?)
15. Nothing have, nothing crave.
16. Nothing happens for nothing. Fr,
17. Nothing is a footless stocking without a leg.
18. Nothing is had for nothing. Fr.
19. Of nothing comes nothing.
20. Soon rich, soon poor, — soon nothing. Ger.
21. To have nothing is to have rich eyes and poor
hands. Shaks,
22. When nought comes to aught, it does not
know itself. Dutch,
23. Who nothing have shall nothing save.
24. Where nothing is, a little doth ease.
25. Where nothing is, nothing can be had.
26. Where nothing is to be had the king must lose
his right.
27. Who has nothing fears nothing. Ital.^ Sp.
28. Who has nothing is nothing. It<il.
NoTclty.
1. Novelty always appears handsome.
2. Novelty is an essential attribute to the beau-
tiful. Bea.
3. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South.
4. Tis novelty that sets the people a-gaping.
None.
I. Nurse, you are mistress whilst the child sucks,
and after that nothing.
94
Nut.— Oath.— Obedience.
2. One year a nurse and seven years the worse.
3. The nurse is valued till the child is done suck-
ing.
4. The nurse's tongue is privileged to talk«
5. Whilst the nurse suckles we love her, when
she is of no further use she is forgotten. Sp.
Nut.
1. By the husk you may guess at the nut
2. It is a hard nut to crack.
3. Nuts are given but they are not cracked for
us. Hans Andersen,
1. A new net won't catch an old bird. Dan.
2. All is fish that comes to his net.
3. In vain the net is spread in sight of any bird.
Bible.
4. Nets are for thrushes, eagles are not caught
so. Werner.
5. New nets don't catch old birds. Sp.
6. The net that holds no great, takes little fish.
Southwell,
7. The net was never spread for the hawk or
buzzard that hurt us, but for the harmless birds that
are good meat. Benjonson.
8. The rough net's not the best catcher of birds.
9. When there is no fish in one spot cast your
net in another. Chinese.
10. With never a single hemp thread in his hand
he thinks to make a dozen nets. {Trading without
capital^ Chinese,
Nettle.
1. He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest
stung.
2. It is better to be stung by a nettle than
pricked by a rose.
3. Tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings
you for your pains ;
Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as
silk remains.
4. Though you stroke the nettle ever so kindly,
yet it will siing you.
Neutral.— Never.— New. 85
Neutral.
1. A neutral is a bat. Ger.
2. Neutrals are soused from above and singed
from below. Ger.
3. Neutrals think to tread on eggs and break
none. Ger.
4. Who can ride upon two saddles is a neutral.
Ger,
5. He howls with the wolves, and bleats with
the sheep. Dutch.
Never.
1. It shall be done when the king comes to
Wigkn ; />., never.
2. Never is a long day.
3. Never is a long term.
4. When the Greek Calends come, when two
Sundays meet, when the frog has hair ; />., never.
New.
1. A new toot out of an old horn.
2. Always something new, seldom something
good. Ger.
3. Everything new is beautiful. Ital.
4. New things are most looked at.
5. Nothing is so new as what has long been for-
gotten. Ger.
6. Nothing is so new but it has happened before.
Dan.
7. One must not throw away the old until he has
the new. Ger.
8. The new is always liked though the old is
often better. Dan,
86 Nkws.
9. There is no new thing under the sun. Bible.
10. There is nothing new under the sun.
11. What is new is always fine. J*r,
News.
1. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good
news from a far country. Bible*
2. Bad news always comes too soon. Ger.
3. Bad news has wings. JFr.
4. Bad news is always true. Sp.
5. Bad news is the first to come. lUil,
6. Do not fret for news, it will grow old, and
you shall know it. Sp.
7. For evil news rides post while good news
bates. Milton.
8. Go into the country to hear what news in town.
9. Good news is rumored, bad news flies.
Sp*^ JPiOK,
10. Good news sweetens the blood. Fr,
11. He comes too early who brings bad news. Ger.
12. He knocks boldly who brings good news.
Fr,^ Ital.y Dan.
13. He was scant of news who told his father was
hanged.
14. He was short of news that spoke ill of his
mother.
15. Ill news are aft o'er true.
16. Ill news are swallow winged,
But good walks on crutches. Massinger.
17. Ill news travels fast. Ital.
18. It is a barber's news. Greek,
NawsrAPKR.— NiCB. g-j H
19
No news i
good news. Fr., Hal. ■
20
The lame post brings the surest news. H
ZI
The sun never sets without fresh news. Kaffir. H
32
They are scarce of news that speak ill of theit H
mother.
Ulster.
23
Though it
>e honest, it is never good
To bring
bad news. III tidings tell Ihem-
selves.
Shaks.
24
Too good
news 10 be true.
25
Vou must
go into the country to hear what
news at London.
Newspaper.
I
Speak and
speak out and sow wisdom about.
Dice,
doce, E-dice
{Punch's motto/or a newspaper:)
1
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared |
than
a thousand
Dayonets. Napoleon. ■
3
Newspapers are curious exponents of diseased |
ideas
Russel
4-
There are
never any vacancies on a good
newspaper : there
is always room for a good man.
Col Starbuck.
S-
The press
s the sheet anchor of our liberties.
Nice.
I-
As nice as
a nun's hen.
2.
He is more
nice than wise.
3-
Nothing so
nasty as a nice man. £>ean Swift.
4-
To undo c
osses in a straw loft. (To pari all
the straws that they may not lie cross-wise, i.e., to be |
MW ««■(•.)
sp. m
1
Who is over nice loses many a slice, Ger. . ■
88 Niggard.— Night.— Nightingale.
Niggard.
I. The niggard spends as much as he who is lib-
eral and in the end more. Pr.
Night.
1. Blemishes are unseen by night
2. Darkness and night are mothers of thought.
Dutch.
3. Night gives counsel. Fr.
4. Night has no friends. Fr.
S- Night is the mother of counsels.
6. Night is the mother of thought.
7. The night brings counsel.
8. The night is a cloak for sinners.
9. What is done by night appears by day.
Nightingale.
1. A nightingale was put in a golden cage — " Oh
for my home," she said. Thtrk.
2. A nightingale won't sing in a cage.
3. Ever>'body thinks his own cuckoo sings better
than another's nightingale. Ger.
4. He esteems the crow and nightingale alike.
Turk.
5. It is better to hear the nightingale sing than
the mouse gnaw. Ital,
6. Nightingales can sing their own songs best.
7. The nightingale and the cuckoo sing both in
one month.
8. When the crow sings the nightingale takes
wing. M. Greek.
No, Yes. — Nobiuty. gg
9. When the nightingale sings no more she's an
ugly brown bird.
10. Who cries like a raven when young, does not
sing like a nightingale when old. Ger.
No, Yes.
1. My " no " is as good as your " yes." Ital.
2. "No " and " yes " cause long disputes. Dan.
3. " No " is a good answer when given in time. -
Dan,
4. Out of " yes " and " no " come all disputes. Fr,
5. Ten no's are better than one lie. Dan,
6. " Yes " and " no " is a long dispute. Ger.
Nobility.
1. A true nobleman would prefer rags to patched
clothing. Sp.
2. Better not be at all than not be noble.
Tennyson,
3. Born to consume the fruits of the earth. (Fruges
cansumere nafi.)
4. Do not make a difference between the noble
and ignoble. Hindoo,
5. He is ignoble who disgraces his brave ances-
tors by a vicious life.
6. He is noble that hath noble conditions.
7. He is noble who performs noble deeds. Dutch.
8. He is of the twice ten thousand for whom
earth was made.
9. He is of true nobility, his father went to the
chase with a pair of oxen. Ger.
10. It is a reproach to be the first gentleman of
his race, but it is a greater to be the last.
go NoBLK Lives. — Nodding, Napping.
11. Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning
die,
But give us back our old nobility.
Ijordjohn Mamners.
12. Nobility consists in virtue. Don Quixote.
13. Nobility has its obligations. {Noblesse oblige.)
14. Nobility is nothing but ancient riches, and
money is the world's idol.
15. Nobility remains noble. Hans Andersen.
16. Piety, prudence, wit, and civility are the ele-
ments of true nobility. Ger.
17. The more noble the more humble.
18. There never were fewer nobles than when all
would be so. Dan.
19. Tis only noble to be good. Tennyson,
20. To be of noble parentage and not to be en-
dowed with noble qualities is rather a defamation
than a glory.
21. True nobility is exempt from fear. Skaks.
22. True nobility is invulnerable. J^.
23. Twas virtue only at first made all men noble.
Benjonson.
Noble Lives.
I. In the wreck of noble lives.
Something immortal still survives. Longfellow.
Nodding, Napping.
1. Even Demosthenes sometimes nodded in his
orations. Cicero.
2. Even the good Homer is sometimes caught
napping. Horace,
NoiSB.— Nonsense. — Nose.
91
Noise.
I. He that loves noise must buy a pig.
Nonsense.
I. A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men. Holmes.
Nose.
1. h big (long) nose never spoiled a handsome
face. Fr,
2. A man should not stick his nose in his
nei^bor's pot.
3. A man should not stick his nose in every-
thing.
4. A red nose makes a ragged back. Scotch,
5. He cut off his nose to spite his face.
6. He that hath a great nose thinks everybody is
speaking of it.
7. His nose will abide no jests.
8. If you have lost your nose put your hand be-
fore the place. Ital.
9. If Cleopatra's nose had been a quarter of an
inch shorter it would have changed the face of the
world.
10. Keep your nose out of another's mess. Dan.
11. No one bites his own nose.
12. One may know by your nose what pottage
vou love.
13. Scant of cheeks makes a long nose.
14. To be led by the nose. Dutch.
15. To follow one's nose.
16. Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed.
Fr.
92
Not Easy.— Nothing.
Not Easy.
1. It is not easy to know your butter in another
man's cabbage. Dan.
2. It is not easy to pluck hairs from a bald pate.
Dan,
3. It is not easy to show the way to a blind
man. Itai,
4. It is not easy to sting a bear with a straw.
Dan.
5. It is not easy to straighten in the oak the
crook that grew in the sapling. Gaelic.
6. It is not easy to walk on the devil's ice. Dan,
Nothing.
1. Blessed be nothing. (jExclamation of a house-
wife on cleaning day.)
2. Blessed be nothing when the tax-gatherer
comes around.
3. Better aught than naught. Ital,^ Ger.
4. Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall
not be disappointed. Pope.
5. From nothing nothing can come. Fr.
6. He goes safely who has nothing. It.
7. He has nothing for whom nothing is enough.
Fr.^ For.
8. He that has nothing is frightened at nothing.
9. He that has nothing to spare must not keep
a dog.
10. He who has nothing fears nothing. Fr.
11. Naught is never in danger.
12. No one so liberal as he who has nothing to
give. Fr.
Novelty. — Nurse.
93
13. None have all and none have nothing. Ger.
14. Nothing can come of nothing. {Ex nihilo
nihil fit?)
15. Nothing have, nothing crave.
16. Nothing happens for nothing. Fr,
17. Nothing is a footless stocking without a leg.
18. Nothing is had for nothing. Fr.
19. Of nothing comes nothing.
20. Soon rich, soon poor, — soon nothing. Ger.
21. To have nothing is to have rich eyes and poor
hands. Shaks,
22. When nought comes to aught, it does not
know itself. Dutch,
23. Who nothing have shall nothing save.
24. Where nothing is, a little doth ease.
25. Where nothing is, nothing can be had.
26. Where nothing is to be had the king must lose
his right.
27. Who has nothing fears nothing. Ital.^ Sp.
28. Who has nothing is nothing. It<il.
NoTclty.
1. Novelty always appears handsome.
2. Novelty is an essential attribute to the beau-
tiful. Bea.
3. Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. South.
4. Tis novelty that sets the people a-gaping.
None.
I. Nurse, you are mistress whilst the child sucks,
and after that nothing.
94
Nut.— Oath.— Obedience.
2. One year a nurse and seven years the worse.
3. The nurse is valued till the child is done suck-
ing.
4. The nurse's tongue is privileged to talk«
5. Whilst the nurse suckles we love her, when
she is of no further use she is forgotten. Sp.
Nut.
1. By the husk you may guess at the nut
2. It is a hard nut to crack.
3. Nuts are given but they are not cracked for
us. Hans Andersen,
