nihil
Britishnoun
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In the early 3rd century, biographer Diogenes Laërtius attributed the phrase “do not speak ill of the dead” to philosopher Chilon of Sparta, later popularized in Latin as De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.
From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2018
He once wrote, “Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.”
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2016
This emergence of subjective feelings from physical stuff appears inconceivable and is at odds with a basic precept of physical thinking, the Ur-conservation law—ex nihilo nihil fit.
From Scientific American • Jan. 1, 2014
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum: Of the dead say nothing unless it is kind.
From Slate • Aug. 2, 2012
In Jerusalem autem nihil horum fecisse narratur.—Hieron. i.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
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