mills of the gods grind slowly

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1. One's destiny is inevitable even if it takes considerable time to arrive. For example, I'm sure he'll be wealthy one day, though the mills of the gods grind slowly. This expression comes from ancient Greek, translated as “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small.” In English it appeared in George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum (1640) as “God's mill grinds slow but sure.”

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mills of the gods grind slowly

This was not immediately apparent, however, for, as they also often say in Hollywood, the mills of the gods grind slowly.

From Time Magazine Archive

He says the mills of the gods grind slowly, but they pulverise middling fine.

From Remarks by Bill Nye

Though the mills of the gods grind slowly, Yet they grind exceeding small.

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter

The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small.

From This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch

"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small."

From Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California by Angelo Hall