ex nihilo nihil fit

From the principle ex nihilo nihil fit he concluded that nothing could pass from non-existence to existence.

Hence the generally accepted principle, "ex nihilo nihil fit."

This is the assumption known as the Law of Causation—ex nihilo nihil fit.

This is so in the nature of things, and it is only what is implied in the maxim, Ex nihilo nihil fit.

He could not beleeve the old position; he would say ex nihilo nihil fit.