the mills of god grind slowly -
1the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small — Quoted in SEXTUS EMPIRICUS Against Professors I. 287 ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά, the mills of the gods are late to grind, but they grind small. 1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 747 Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. 1870… …
2the mills of God grind slowly — justice does not take place quickly, the justice system works slowly …
3Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. — См. Бог долго ждет, да больно бьет …
Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
4God — see you cannot serve God and Mammon where God builds a church, the devil will build a chapel God helps them that help themselves God is high above, and the tsar is far away God made the country, and man made the town …
5grind — see the mill cannot grind with the water that is past the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small …
6slowly — see make haste slowly the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small …
7Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
8slowness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of taking a relatively long time Nouns 1. slowness, languor, inactivity; leisureliness; retardation; slackening; delay, lateness; walk, stroll, saunter, snail s pace, jog trot, dogtrot; slow… …
9mill — see the mill cannot grind with the water that is past all is grist that comes to the mill the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small …
10small — see small choice in rotten apples small is beautiful the best things come in small packages better are small fish than an empty dish little things please little minds there’s no great loss without some gain …
