every miller draws water to his own mill

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every miller draws water to his own mill

  1. People are primarily concerned with their own interests.
    • 2019, Pavel A. Strizhak, Sustainability of Fossil Fuels, page 79:
      As the saying goes, 'every miller draws water to his own mill.'
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