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Nothing Quotes

"I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow."

"I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Nothing, Shadow

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"Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so."

"Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."

"Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"Nothing proves that we are more than nothing."

"Nothing proves that we are more than nothing."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Nothing, Saying, Words

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"The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing."

"The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Nothing, Play, Shadow, Vanity

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"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Nothing, Thinking

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"He is poor indeed that can promise nothing."

"He is poor indeed that can promise nothing."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Nothing, Poor, Promise

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"No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing."

"No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Nothing, Patience, Will

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"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."

"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

"Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal."

"Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

Nothing, Now, Philosophy

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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