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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, 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.
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
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.]
Why and Wherefore set out one day,
To hunt for a wild Negation.
They agreed to meet read more
Why and Wherefore set out one day,
To hunt for a wild Negation.
They agreed to meet at a cool retreat
On the Point of Interrogation.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
It is better to have a little than nothing.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.