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.

Translations

justice cannot be avoided

• Czech: boží mlýny melou pomalu, ale jistě
• German: Gottes Mühlen mahlen langsam
• Hungarian: Isten malmai lassan őrölnek (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Guds kvern maler langsomt

See also

• justice delayed is justice denied

References

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