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We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since
things require a seed to start from.
[Lat., read 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.]
It is better to have a little than nothing.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
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 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.
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away
into non-existence.
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away
into non-existence.
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.
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.]
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
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.]
