Sep 06, 2009 15:37
I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the 'Net.
I've got a good mind to give up living
And go shopping instead
-Adams, Cliff and B. B. King: "All Over Again"
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KENT: This is nothing, fool.
FOOL: Then 'tis like the breath of an unfeed lawyer -- you gave me nothing
for't. Can you make no use of nothing, nuncle?
LEAR: Why, no, boy. Nothing can be made out of nothing.
-Shakespeare, Wm: "King Lear" Act I, Scene iv
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Thirty spokes unite in one hub;
It is precisely where there is nothing, that we find the usefulness of the wheel.
We fire clay and make vessels;
It is precisely where there's no substance, that we find the usefulness of clay pots.
We chisel out doors and windows;
It is precisely in those empty spaces, that we find the usefulness of the room.
Therefore, we regard having something as beneficial;
But having nothing as useful.
-Lao-tzu: "Te-Tao Ching" (trans. by R. G. Henricks) Ch. 11
I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the 'Net.