Nothing Quotes

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Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth. — Seneca the Younger
Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt. — Jonathan Swift
Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings. — John Donne
Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. — Andre Gide
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. — Charles Caleb Colton
He whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude. — David Hume
There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head. — Thornton Wilder
If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written. — Samuel Johnson
When you look at the average American you realize there's nothing nature enjoys more than a good joke. — George Carlin
A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of… — Agnes Repplier
The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful. — Oscar Wilde
There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The institution of marriage is just formalizing an emotion, an attempt to make it seem permanent. The emotion will last or it won't last; nothing… — Joyce Carol Oates
Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple; in that of… — Charles Lamb
At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but… — Louisa May Alcott
He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist. — Anton Chekhov
In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that. — Mark Twain
Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at… — Bill Bryson
She was kind of girl who'd eat all your cashews and leave you with nothing but peanuts and filberts. — Raymond Chandler

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