Nothing comes from nothing
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Nothing comes from nothing is a philosophical expression of a thesis first argued by Parmenides, often stated in its Latin form: ex nihilo nihil fit. Today, the idea is loosely associated with the laws of conservation of mass and energy.
In John Gardner's Grendel, Grendel says "Nihil ex nihilo" after he wakes up from a nightmare at the end of Chapter 10.
In Shakespeare's King Lear, the king says, "Nothing can come of nothing" to his daughter Cordelia, meaning that as long as she says nothing to flatter him, she will receive nothing from him.[1] Later, Lear nearly repeats the line, saying, "Nothing can be made out of nothing." (Act 1.1 and Act 1.4 respectively).
