LatinTranslationNotesDwarfs standing on the shoulders of giantsFirst recorded by John of Salisbury in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Also commonly known by the letters of Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". As we are born we die, and our end hangs from our beginning nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de commodis eius agiturThe unborn is deemed to have been born to the extent that his own inheritance is concernedRefers to a situation where an unborn child is deemed to be entitled to certain inheritance rights.nature abhors vacuum Pseudo-explanation for why a liquid will climb up a tube to fill a vacuum, often given before the discovery of atmospheric pressure.natura artis magistraNature is the teacher of artFull name of the zoo Artis in the centre of Amsterdamnatura naturansnature actingoriginally linked to Aristotle, then to his Arabic commentatorsnature creating, creative natureliterary motif used by Bolesław Leśmiannatura naturatanature createdconcept explored by Baruch Spinozanature does nothing in vainCf. Aristotle: "οὐθὲν γάρ, ὡς φαμέν, μάτην ἡ φύσις ποιεῖ" (Politics I 2, 1253a9) and Leucippus: "Everything that happens does so for a reason and of necessity."nature is not saddenedThat is, the natural world is not sentimental or compassionate. Derived by Arthur Schopenhauer from an earlier source.nature does not make a leap, thus neither does the lawShortened form of (just as nature does nothing by a leap, so neither does the law), referring to both nature and the legal system moving gradually.natura non facit saltusnature makes no leapsA famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all organisms bear relationships on all sides, their forms changing gradually from one species to the next. From Philosophia Botanica (1751).Nature is exceedingly simple and harmonious with itselfSir Isaac Newton's famous quote, defining foundation of all modern sciences. Can be found in his Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University Library, Cambridge, 1978 editionWhat is natural is not dirtyBased on Servius' commentary on Virgil's Georgics (3:96): "turpis non est quia per naturam venit."You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry backYou must take the basic nature of something into account.– Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle X, line 24.naturam primum cognoscere rerumFirst to learn the nature of thingsMotto of the Australian National Universityto sail is necessary; to live is not necessaryAttributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, who, during a severe storm, commanded sailors to bring food from Africa to Rome. Translated from Plutarch's Greek "πλεῖν ἀνάγκη, ζῆν οὐκ ἀνάγκη".ne plus ultranothing more beyondAlso nec plus ultra or non plus ultra. A descriptive phrase meaning the most extreme point, or the best form, of something. Most notably the Pillars of Hercules were in the geographic sense the nec plus ultra of the ancient Mediterranean world, before the discovery of the Americas. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's heraldic emblem contradicted this postulate, using an amended version of the phrase inscribed on two pillars – as plus ultra ("more (lies) beyond"), without the negation, referring to the on-going Spanish colonization of the recently discovered Americas, which lay beyond the Pillars of Hercules. Non plus ultra is the motto of the Spanish exclave of Melilla, situated on a Mediterranean cape 230 km east of the original southern Pillar of Hercules. The Boston Musical Instrument Company engraved ne plus ultra on its instruments from 1869 to 1928 to signify that none were better.do not give a sword to a boyNever give dangerous tools to someone who is untrained to use them or too immature to understand the damage they can do.a shoemaker should not judge beyond the shoesee Sutor, ne ultra crepidamdo not seek outside yourselfline from the Roman satirist Persius inscribed on the boulder to the right of Sir John Suckling in the painting of the aforementioned subject by Sir Anthony van Dyck (ca. 1638) and invoked by Ralph Waldo Emerson at the opening of his essay Self-Reliance (1841)They are not terrified of the rough thingsThey are not afraid of difficulties. Less literally "Difficulties be damned." Motto for 27th Infantry Regiment (United States) and the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. Nec = not; aspera = rough ones/things; terrent = they terrify / do terrify / are terrifying. (inciderit)That a god not intervene, unless a knot show up that be worthy of such an untangler"When the miraculous power of God is necessary, let it be resorted to: when it is not necessary, let the ordinary means be used." From Horace's Ars Poetica as a caution against deus ex machina.Neither to the right nor to the leftDo not get distracted. Motto for Bishop Cotton Boys' School and the Bishop Cotton Girls' School, both located in Bangalore, India.without hope, without fearand yet it was not consumedRefers to the burning bush of Exodus 3:2. Motto of many Presbyterian churches throughout the world.nec temere, nec timideneither reckless nor timidMotto of the Dutch 11th Air Manoeuvre Brigade and the city of Gdańsk, Polandnec vi, nec clam, nec precarioWithout permission, without secrecy, without interruptionThe law of adverse possessionnec vir fortis, nec fæmina castaif the man is not firm, the woman is not chasteFrom Jonathan Swift's 1726 satire Gulliver's Travels where it is attributed to Polydore Vergilkill them all, God will know his ownalternate rendition of Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. by Arnaud Amalricyou must either imitate or loathe the worldSeneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 7:7It is necessary to believe that there is only one absolute powerneed makes even the timid braveSallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline, 58:19 (nem. con., N.C.D.)with no one speaking againstLess literally, "without dissent". Used especially in committees, where a matter may be passed nem. con., or unanimously, or with unanimous consent.I spare no one.Death reminding mankind we all have the same fate; found in the Middle Ages engraved in death's scythenemo contra Deum nisi Deus ipseNo one against God except God himselfFrom Goethe's autobiography From my Life: Poetry and Truth, p. 598nemo dat quod non habetno one gives what he does not haveThus, "none can pass better title than they have" (or leges)nobody is above the law (or laws)Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuitNo great man ever existed who did not enjoy some portion of divine inspirationFrom Cicero's De Natura Deorum, book 2, chapter LXVI, 167nemo iudex in causa suano man shall be a judge in his own causeLegal principle that no individual can preside over a hearing in which he holds a specific interest or biasNo one bad (is) happyLess literally, "peace visits not the guilty mind". Also translated to "no rest for the wicked." Refers to the inherent psychological issues that plague bad/guilty people.nemo me impune lacessitNo one provokes me with impunityMotto of the Order of the Thistle, and consequently of Scotland, found stamped on the milled edge of certain British pound sterling coins. It is the motto of the Montressors in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Cask of Amontillado". Motto of the San Beda College Beta Sigma Fraternity.No mortal is wise at all timesThe wisest may make mistakes.No one learns except by friendshipUsed to imply that one must like a subject in order to study it.no man is a prophet in his own landConcept present in all four Gospels ().Nobody dances soberThe short and more common form of , "Nobody dances sober, unless he happens to be insane", a quote from Cicero (from the speech "Pro Murena").no one is bound to accuse himself (the right to silence)A maxim banning mandatory self-incrimination. Near-synonymous with accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. Similar phrases include: (no one is bound to arm an opponent against himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to in any way assist the prosecutor to his own detriment; (no one is bound to produce documents against himself, meaning that a defendant is not obligated to provide materials to be used against himself (this is true in Roman law and has survived in modern criminal law, but no longer applies in modern civil law); and (no one is bound to betray himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to testify against himself.nor does Apollo always keep his bow drawnHorace, Carmina 2/10:19-20. The same image appears in a fable of Phaedrus.Ne quid nimisNothing in excessEndless money forms the sinews of warIn war, it is essential to be able to purchase supplies and to pay troops (as Napoleon put it, "An army marches on its stomach").nothing to do with the pointThat is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential.nothing achieved without hard workMotto of Palmerston North Boys' High Schoolnihil dicithe says nothingIn law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in a plea.I think that nothing is difficult for a lover.From Cicero's Orator.nothing dries sooner than a tearPseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium, 2/31:50nothing human is alien to meAdapted from Terence's Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor), homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto ("I am a human being; nothing human is strange to me"). Sometimes ending in est.nothing in the intellect unless first in senseThe guiding principle of empiricism, and accepted in some form by Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Leibniz, however, added nisi intellectus ipse (except the intellect itself).nothing tooOr nothing to excess. Latin translation of the inscription of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.nihil novinothing of the newOr just "nothing new". The phrase exists in two versions: as nihil novi sub sole (nothing new under the sun), from the Vulgate, and as nihil novi nisi commune consensu (nothing new unless by the common consensus), a 1505 law of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and one of the cornerstones of its Golden Liberty.nihil obstatnothing preventsA notation, usually on a title page, indicating that a Roman Catholic censor has reviewed the book and found nothing objectionable to faith or morals in its content. See also imprimatur.nihil sine Deonothing without GodMotto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (1878–1947).nothing beyondMotto of St. Xavier's College, Calcuttanil admiraribe surprised at nothingOr "nihil admirari". Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes (3,30), Horace, Epistulae (1,6,1), and Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, (8,5). Motto of the Fitzgibbon family. See John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clarenothing must be despaired at"never despair"nothing, therefore, we must confess, can be made from nothingFrom Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), I.205Death, therefore, is nothing to usFrom Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), III.831nothing is impossible for humankindFrom Horace's Odes. Motto of Rathkeale College, New Zealand and Brunts School, England.(about the dead say) nothing unless (it is) goodShort for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, "Don't speak ill of anyone who has died". Also Nil magnum nisi bonum (nothing is great unless good), motto of St Catherine's School, Toorak, Pennant Hills High School and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School.no terror, except to the badMotto of The King's School, Macclesfieldnil per os, rarely non per os (n.p.o.)nothing through the mouthMedical shorthand indicating that oral foods and fluids should be withheld from the patient.nil satis nisi optimumnothing [is] enough unless [it is] the bestMotto of Everton F.C., Liverpool, and several other organisationsnothing without labourMotto of many schoolsnothing without the divine willOr "nothing without providence". State motto of Colorado, adopted in 1861. Probably derived from Virgil's Aeneid, book 2, line 777, (the