the mills of the gods grind slowly
English
editEtymology
editCoined by Sextus Empiricus.
Proverb
editthe mills of the gods grind slowly
- Justice may arrive slowly, but it cannot be avoided.
Translations
editjustice cannot be avoided
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See also
editReferences
edit- Christine Ammer (1997) “mills of the gods grind slowly”, in American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, first edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 421.