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Nothing comes out of nothing

Titus Lucretius Kar

Phraseologism: Nothing will come out of nothing.

Meaning: One should not expect any results if no efforts have been made to achieve them, in other words, zero labor (investments of any kind) - zero results (jokingly ironic)

Origin: From Latin: Ex nihilo nihil fit. The words of the ancient Roman poet-philosopher Lucretius (98-55 BC), contained in his work "The Nature of Things", in the 1st and 2nd books. The very same idea was borrowed by him from the ancient authors (Epicurus, Melissa, Empedocles), who said that "nothing can come of the non-existent." There is a variant of this expression in the work "Discourse about oneself" by the Roman thinker, Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180): "Nothing comes out of nothing, just as nothing passes into nothing." Often this expression is found in lapidary form: "De nihilo nihil", that is, "out of nothing - nothing."

Random phraseology:

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Meaning:

Phrase-symbol of a miracle, magic, magical transformation (jokingly).

Origin:

The storyteller's spell from the fairy tale play "The Snow Queen" (1938), written by the Soviet playwright Yevgeny Lvovich Schwartz (1896-1958) based on the fairy tale "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). There is no such spell in the work of the Danish writer.

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