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You did not quite understand me, Defensor, when I said: There is another version. I meant, there is a better version of the proverb, not a better way of translating it.

Thanks, Defensor. There is another version, which may be better:
Pustoi dom privlakaet bol'she zhivikh gostei chem mertvikh.

An abandoned house attracts more living visitors than ghosts.

Dom pustoi privlekaet bolee gostei chem prizrakov.