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Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.
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.
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.]
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.]
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 proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away
into non-existence.
Nothing proceeds from nothingness, as also nothing passes away
into non-existence.
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.]
Nothing happens until something moves.
Nothing happens until something moves.
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.