You May Also Like / View all maxioms
It is better to have a little than nothing.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
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.
Nothing happens until something moves.
Nothing happens until something moves.
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.
Madam, you have bereft me of all words.
Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,
read more
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.
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 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.
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.]
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.]