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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
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Hello, can someone tell me whether this is correct:
"the wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind finely" ?
Thanks!
"the wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind finely" ?
Thanks!
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'The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind fine.'
People no longer experience hand grinders for coffee, meat, etc and now the proverb is gradually changing from 'grind' to 'turn' (as in vehicle wheels), with the elision of the second clause (a common development in the evolution of proverbs-- we often quote only the first half: 'finders keepers, you know!')
People no longer experience hand grinders for coffee, meat, etc and now the proverb is gradually changing from 'grind' to 'turn' (as in vehicle wheels), with the elision of the second clause (a common development in the evolution of proverbs-- we often quote only the first half: 'finders keepers, you know!')
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The original quote is : The mill of the gods grinds slowly but grinds exceedingly fine"
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"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine."
Sextus Empiricus, 3d Century Greek philosopher. Some of his works (Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Against the Dogmatists) survived the dark ages and were translated into latin. This is the origin of the phrase. "The gods" was simply changed to "Justice" and in some cases, "grind" is now turned into "turns"..
Sextus Empiricus, 3d Century Greek philosopher. Some of his works (Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Against the Dogmatists) survived the dark ages and were translated into latin. This is the origin of the phrase. "The gods" was simply changed to "Justice" and in some cases, "grind" is now turned into "turns"..
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Anonymous"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine."Sextus Empiricus, 3d Century Greek philosopher. Some of his works (Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Against the Dogmatists) survived the dark ages and were translated into latin. This is the origin of the phrase. "The gods" was simply changed to "Justice" and in some cases, "grind" is now turned int
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