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单词 the mills of god grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
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the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
P6. the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small and variants [ultimately after Hellenistic Greek ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δέ λεπτά (Sextus Empiricus Adversus Mathematicos 1. 287)] : retribution is often delayed but always certain.
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a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. D2v Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 70/2 in Piazza Universale God's mill grinds slowly, but bitter is his bran.
1797 S. Charnock Disc. Existence & Attributes God xii. 524 The heathens..expressed it by this proverb, ‘The mills of the gods grind slowly’.
1846 H. W. Longfellow tr. F. Von Logau Retribution in Belfry of Bruges 132 Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.
1866 H. H. Brownell Bay Fight in War Lyrics 21 The Mills of God are grinding slow, But ah, how close they grind!
1929 W. K. Smith Bowery 37 The inevitable workings of the mills of the gods that grind slowly but surely.
1989 R. Hart Remains to be Seen vii. 106 Military record keepers were like the mills of God. They ground slow, and exceeding small, but only at their own pace.
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