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Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

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No one injures me with impunity. The motto of the Order of the Thistle. It was first used on the coins of James VI. of Scotland (James I. of England). A strange motto for Puritans to adopt (Matt. xviii. 21, 22).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Nehushtan (2 Kings xviii. 4)
Neiges dAntan (The)
Neken
Neksheb
Nell’s Point
Nem. Con
Nem. Diss
Nemean Games (The)
Nemean Lion (The)
Nemesis
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Neology
Neoptolemos or Pyrrhos
Nepenthe
Neper’s Bones
Nephelo-coccygia
Nephew (French neveu, Latin nepos)
Nepomuk
Nepotism
Neptune
Neptune’s Horse