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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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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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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.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Nothingness Quotes,
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Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into
nothing.
[Lat., Gigni
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Nothing can be born of nothing, nothing can be resolved into
nothing.
[Lat., Gigni
De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti.]

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They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]

They laboriously do nothing.
[Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]

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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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It is better to have a little than nothing.

It is better to have a little than nothing.

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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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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.

by Old Saying Found in: Nothingness Quotes,
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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.

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