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They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
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.]
It is better to have a little than nothing.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
Nothing happens until something moves.
Nothing happens until something moves.
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.]
Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
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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.]
A life of nothing's nothing worth,
From that first nothing ere his birth,
To that last nothing read more
A life of nothing's nothing worth,
From that first nothing ere his birth,
To that last nothing under earth.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.