No mill no meal. [ Proverb ]
The mill gets by going. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
The idle mill earns nothing. [ Proverb ]
As safe as a thief in a mill. [ Proverb ]
All brings grist to your mill. [ Proverb ]
His mill will go with all winds. [ Proverb ]
Gods's mill grinds slow, but sure. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
You had rather go to mill than to mass. [ Proverb ]
He is my friend that grinds at my mill. [ Proverb ]
A little stream will drive a light mill. [ Proverb ]
Can a mill go with the water that's past? [ Proverb ]
God's mill goes slow, but it grinds fine. [ German Proverb ]
Every one draws the water to his own mill. [ French Proverb ]
What have I to do with Bradshaws wind-mill? [ Proverb ]
As good water goes by the mill as drives it. [ Proverb ]
The mill cannot grind with water that's past. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Every miller draws the water to his own mill. [ Proverb ]
Your wind-mill is dwindled into a nut-cracker. [ Proverb ]
The horse next the mill carries all the grist. [ Proverb ]
A ship, a mill, and a woman are always repairing. [ Proverb ]
The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. [ Proverb ]
The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. [ Spenser ]
You cannot drive a wind-mill with a pair of bellows. [ Proverb ]
It is the master-wheel which makes the mill go round. [ Proverb ]
The mill will never grind with the water that is past. [ Sarah Dowdney ]
They (obliged by law) spare a mill, but steal a province!
In vain is the mill-clack if the miller his hearing lack. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Like a mill-horse, that goes much, but performs no journey. [ Proverb ]
The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn. [ Goethe ]
The mill makes the most noise when there is no grist in the hopper. [ Jean Paul ]
A good deal of water passes by the mill which the miller takes no note of. [ Italian Proverb ]
The human heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour; if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away. [ Martin Luther ]
The human heart is like a millstone in a mill; when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds, and bruises the wheat into flour; if you put no wheat in it, it still grinds on; but then it is itself it grinds, and slowly wears away. [ M. Luther ]
Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. [ William Shakespeare ]
The press, important as is its office, is but the servant of the human intellect, and its ministry is for good or for evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill which grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain, and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread. [ Bryant ]