the mills of the gods grind slowly

English

Etymology

Coined by Sextus Empiricus.

Proverb

the mills of the gods grind slowly

  1. Justice may arrive slowly, but it cannot be avoided.

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References
  • Christine Ammer (1997) “mills of the gods grind slowly”, in American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, first edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 421.
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