Ancient Languages/latin phrase

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How do you say Nothing Without Effort in Latin

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“Nothing Without Effort“ translates as “Nihil sine labore” as well as “Nil Sine Labore” or “Sine Labore Nihil” with a different word order which in Latin can be variable.

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Note that:

-Nothing = NIHIL or NIL (subject in the nominative neuter)

-Without = SINE (preposition which requires the ablative case)

-Effort = LABORE (ablative of LABOR, 3rd.declension)

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