Nothingness Quotes
(1 - 10 of 17)Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Madam, you have bereft me of all words.
Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,
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Madam, you have bereft me of all words.
Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,
And there is such confusion in my powers
As, after some oration fairly spoke
By a beloved prince, there doth appear
Among the buzzing pleased multitude,
Where every something being blent together
Turns to a wild of nothing, save of joy
Expressed and not expressed.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
A life of nothing's nothing worth,
From that first nothing ere his birth,
To that last nothing more
A life of nothing's nothing worth,
From that first nothing ere his birth,
To that last nothing under earth.
Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into
nothing.
[Lat., Gigni
De nihilo more
Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into
nothing.
[Lat., Gigni
De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti.]
Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race
(of busybodies) hurtful to itself and more
Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race
(of busybodies) hurtful to itself and most hateful to all others.
[Lat., Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens.
Sibi molesta, et aliis odiosissima.]
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but
one should not abuse it.
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but
one should not abuse it.
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
[Lat., more
Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
[Lat., Haud igitur redit ad Nihilum res ulla, sed omnes
Discidio redeunt in corpora materiai.]
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since
things require a seed to start from.
[Lat., more
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since
things require a seed to start from.
[Lat., Nil igitur fieri de nilo posse putandum es
Semine quando opus est rebus.]
