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Unplowed fields make hollow bellies; unread books make hollow minds.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books

The hollow of the ear is never full.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A vacant mind is open to all suggestions, as a hollow mountain returns all sounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind

The house of envy lies in the lowest hollows, golden, sunless, breathed upon by no wind, grim and filled full of inert chill, and lacking warmth, is always roiled in fog.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about envy, home, house

Many drops hollow the stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Drums sound loud because they are hollow.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

One sees the sky through a hollow reed.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about sky

Dropping water makes the rock hollow, not by its force, but by constant action.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about rocks, action, force, police, water

A drop hollows out a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about fasting