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Nothing can be created from nothing. — Lucretius

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

Nothing can be created from nothing.

In the original Latin

Nil posse creari de nilo

Lucretius
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 1, l. 155.
Original citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 1, l. 155.

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