nihil
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Nothing.
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A dictum [Beckett] quotes from his favourite philosopher, the second-generation Cartesian Arnold Geulincx (1624-1669) suggests his overall stance toward the political: ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis, which may be glossed: Don't invest hope or longing in an arena where you have no power.
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).
I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.
Nihil intrare potest in affectum, quod in aure velut quodam vestibulo statum offendit.
Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.
nihil habet