Nor
A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
Related Definitions:
Affirmative,
Also,
And,
As,
By,
Clause,
Connective,
Either,
First,
Following,
For,
Implied,
In,
Introducing,
Is,
Member,
Negative,
Neither,
Nor,
Not,
Of,
Omitted,
Or,
Particle,
Proposition,
Second,
Sometimes,
The,
Use,
Used
Nor Quotations
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Buddha
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
Abraham Lincoln
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
William Shakespeare
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
William Shakespeare
I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.
William Shakespeare
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Benjamin Franklin
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
Thomas Jefferson
Nor Translations
nor in German is weder noch, noch, auch nicht, noch [weder noch]
nor in Latin is neque nec
nor in Spanish is aun, ni
nor in Swedish is inte heller, eller
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