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    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.]

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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.

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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.

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Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters.

Nothing's new, and nothing's true, and nothing matters.

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Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away
into non-existence.

Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away
into non-existence.

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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.]

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Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

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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.

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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.]

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It is better to have a little than nothing.

It is better to have a little than nothing.

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