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Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Nothing to do but work,
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear out but clothes,
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Nothing to do but work,
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear out but clothes,
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into
nothing.
[Lat., Gigni
De nihilo read more
Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into
nothing.
[Lat., Gigni
De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti.]
It is the silence between the notes that makes the music; it is
the space between the bars that read more
It is the silence between the notes that makes the music; it is
the space between the bars that holds the tiger.
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be
done.
[Lat., Nil actum credens, dum quid superesset read more
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be
done.
[Lat., Nil actum credens, dum quid superesset agendum.]
Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race
(of busybodies) hurtful to itself and read 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 better to have a little than nothing.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
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.