Marcus Aurelius: Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.

Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing. — Marcus Aurelius

Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a thing can go back to nothing.

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