Mottos

'***Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter'* - *Necessity is the mother of all invention***

'***Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum'* - *The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet***

'***Maior risus, acrior ensis: quadragesima octava regula quaesitus'* - *The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife: the 48th rule of acquisition***

'***Manus in mano'* - *Hand in hand***

'***Mater artium necessitas'* - *Necessity is the mother of invention***

'***Maxima debetur puero reverentia'* - *We owe the greatest respect to a child***

'***Maximus in minimis'* - *Great in little things***

'***Me fallit'* - *I do not know***

'***Me oportet propter praeceptum te nocere'* - *I'm going to have to hurt you on principle***

'***Meliora cogito'* - *I strive for the best***

'***Melius est praevenire quam praeveniri'* - *Better to forestall than to be forestalled***

'***Melius tarde, quam nunquam'* - *Better late than never***

'***Meum pactum dictum'* - *My word is my bond***

'***Mihi cura futuri'* - *My concern is the future***

'***Minus habens'* - *Absentminded***

'***Mirabile visu'* - *Wonderful to behold***

'***Morituri te salutant'* - *Those who are about to die salute you***

'***Mors ultima ratio'* - *Death is the final accounting***

'***Mortvi non mordant'* - *Dead me don't bite; Dead men tell no tale***

'***Multum in parvo'* - *Much in little. (small but significant)***

'***Multun, non multa'* - *Much, not many (quality not quantity)***

'***Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur'* - *The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived!***

'***Mundus vult decipi'* - *The world wants to be deceived***

'***Munit haec et altera vincit'* - *One defends and the other conquers***

'***Mvlti svnt vocati, pavci vero electi'* - *Many are called [but] few are chosen***

'***Mvndvs vvlt decipi'* - *The world wishes to be deceived there's a sucker born every minute***

''''***Nascentes morimur'* - *From the moment we are born, we begin to die'''***

''''***Natura abhorret a vacua'* - *Nature abhors a vacuum'''***

''''***Natura in minima maxima'* - *Nature is the greatest in the smallest things'''***

''''***Natura nihil fit in frustra'* - *Nature does nothing in vain'''***

''''***Natura, artis magistra'* - *Nature, the mistress of art '''***(underworlder fam)

''''***Navigare necesse est'* - *To sail is necessary'''***

''''***Ne cede malis'* - *Yield not to evils'''***

''''***Ne humanus crede'* - *Trust no human'''***

''''***Ne nimium'* - *Not too much'''***

''''***Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas: tanti non est, ut placeam, perire'* - *If only dead poets are praised, I'd rather go unsung'''***

''''***Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest'* - *No one is able to flee from death or love'''***

''''***Necessitas non habet legem'* - *Necessity knows no law'''***

''''***Nemo ante mortem beatus'* - *Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us!'''***

''''***Nemo dat quod non habet'* - *No one gives what he does not have'''***

''''***Nemo gratis mendax'* - *No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth'''***

''''***Nemo liber est qui corpori servit'* - *No one is free who is a slave to his body'''***

''''***Nemo nisi mors'* - *Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica)'''***

''''***Nemo saltat sobrius nisi forte insanit'* - *Nobody dances sober unless he's insane'''***

''''***Nemo saltat sobrius'* - *No man dances sober'''***

''''***Nemo sine iudex'* - *No one is a judge of himself'''***

''''***Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet'* - *No man is more deaf than he who will not hear'''***

''''***Neutiquam erro'* - *I am not lost'''***

''''***Nihil sub sole novum'* - *Nothing new under the sun'''***

''''***Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum'* - *Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do'''***

''''***Nil sine numine'* - *Nothing without the Divine Will'''***

''''***Nolens volens'* - *Whether one likes it or not; willing or unwilling'''***

''''***Noli nothis permittere te terere'* - *Dont let the bastards get you down'''***

''''***Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem'* - *Don't force it, get a bigger hammer'''***

''''***Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent'* - *The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)'''***

''''***Non bis in idem'* - *Not twice for the same thing'''***

''''***Non est vivere sed valere vita est'* - *Life is not being alive but being well (life is more than just being alive)'''***

''''***Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco'* - *No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others'''***

''''***Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis'* - *Not for you, not for me, but for us'''***

''''***Non quis, sed quid'* - *Not who, but what'''***

''''***Non semper erit aestas'* - *It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)'''***

''''***Non serviam'* - *I will not serve'''***

''''***Non sibi sed suis'* - *Not for one's self but for one's people'''***

''''***Non sibi, sed patriae'* - *Not for you, but for the fatherland'''***

''''***Non sum qualis eram'* - *I am not what / of what sort I was (I'm not what I used to be.)'''***

''''***Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum'* - *Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold'''***

''''***Non timetis messor'* - *Don't Fear the Reaper'''***

''''***Non uno die roma aedificata est'* - *Rome was not built in one day (either)'''***

''''***Nulla regula sine exceptione'* - *There is no rule/law without exception'''***

''''***Nulla vit melior quam bona'* - *There's no life better than a good life'''***

''''***Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege'* - *No crime and no punishment without a (pre-existing) law'''***

''''***Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae'* - *There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness'''***

''''***Numquam non paratus'* - *Never unprepared'''***

''''***Nvllvm qvod tetiget non ornavit'* - *He touched none he did not adorn - not simply 'the Midas touch', or 'he left things better than he found them', but a tribute to a Renaissance man'''***

**Regina non potest peccare.** The queen can do no wrong. —  Latin proverb

**Nihil sub sole novum.** Nothing is new under the sun. —  Latin phrase

**Omne bonum a Deo, omne malum ab homine.** All good from God, all evil from man.— Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher