An empty mill will turn without the wind.
More Russian Proverbs:
Abuse doesn't hang on the collar.Russian
If age and experience came at birth, We would have neither youth nor mirth.
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A woman's tongue is longer than her hair.
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What makes you happy, makes you rich.
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No one is dragged to heaven by the hair.
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You have summer and you have winter -- why, then, be in a hurry?
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