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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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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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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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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, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

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Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all
things return dissolved into their elements.
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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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Nothing happens until something moves.

Nothing happens until something moves.

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

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

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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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