Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 25

1133. NATURE. 'Tis the nature of the beast.

1134. NECESSITY. Necessity knows no law.

1135. NECESSITY. Make a virtue of necessity.

1136. NECESSITY. Necessity is the mother of invention.

1137. NEED. Need makes the old wife trot.

1138. NEED. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

1139. NEEDLE. To look for a needle in a pottle of hay.

1140. NEEDY.

He that's needy when he is married Shall be rich when he is buried.

1141. NEIGHBOUR. Love thy neighbour, but pull not down thy hedge.

1142. NEIGHBOUR-QUART. Neighbour-quart is good quart.

1143. NEIGHBOUR. You must ask your neighbour if you shall live in peace.

1144. NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE. When thy neighbour's house is on fire, be careful of thine own.

1145. NET. All is fish that comes to his net.

1146. NEW.

Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Be not the last to cast the old aside.

1147. NEW BROOM. A new broom sweeps clean.

1148. NEWS. No news is good news.

1149. NIMBLE. A nimble ninepence is better than a slow s.h.i.+lling.

1150. NIP. Nip it in the bud.

1151. n.o.bLE. The more n.o.ble the more humble.

1152. NODS. The great Homer himself sometimes nods.

1153. NONSENSE.

A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.

1154. NOTICE. It is the part of a wise man to take no notice of many things.

1155. NOTHING. By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

1156. NOTHING. Of nothing comes nothing.

1157. NOTHING. Doing nothing is the hardest work.

1158. NOTHING. Nothing came out of the sack but what was in it.

1159. NOTHING. It is more painful to do nothing than something.

1160. NOTHING. Doing nothing is doing ill.

1161. NOVEMBER.

November take flail, Let s.h.i.+ps no more sail.

1162. NOW. Now or never.

1163. NURSE. The nurse's tongue is privileged to talk.

1164. NUTSh.e.l.l. You may as well bid me lade the sea with a nutsh.e.l.l.

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1165. OAK. An oak is not felled by one blow.

1166. OCCASION. An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.

1167. OCTOBER.

Good October, a good blast, To blow the hog acorn and mast.

1168. OFFER. Never refuse a good offer.

1169. OFFENDER. The offender never pardons.

1170. OFTEN. Little and often fills the purse.

1171. OLD AGE. When old age is evil, youth can learn no good.

1172. OLD. Old young, old long.

1173. OLD CAT. An old cat laps as much as a young kitten.

1174. OLD c.o.c.k. As the old c.o.c.k crows so crows the young.

1175. OLD DOG. An old dog barks not in vain.

1176. OLD DOG. An old dog will learn no tricks.