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.

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.

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.

Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

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.

Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
[Lat., read more

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.]

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.]