[PW] Re: "Wheels of Justice

[Kevin W. Woodruff]

Marly:
 
This is one where you're going to get a lot of different answers. 
 
 
Euripedes: Slow but sure moves the might of the gods (The Bacchae line 882) (ca 407 BC)
Oracula Sibylliana, liber viii. line 14.
Sextus Epiricus: the mills of the gods are late to grind, but they grind small. (Against Professors i . 287)
Plutarch: "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind to powder" ( [De Sera Numinis Vindicta, sect. iii. S.]“Concerning such whom God is slow to punish.”)
George Herbert: God’s mill grinds slow, but sure (Jacula Prudentum)
Friedrich, Freiherr von Logau: Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; 
Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. 
         ( Retribution. (Sinngedichte.)

 
I hope this helps
 
Kevin
 
Prof. Kevin W. Woodruff, M.Div., M.S.I.S. 
Library Director/Reference Librarian, Assistant Professor of Bible and Greek
Tennessee Temple University/Temple Baptist Seminary, 1815 Union Ave. 
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404, United States of America
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----- Original Message ----
From: Marly Hanson <mhanson at tadl.tcnet.org>
To: STUMPERS <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:50:30 AM
Subject: [PW] "Wheels of Justice


Hello,
Can anyone help determine the origin of this quote?

"The wheels of justice grind slowly, but...when they do... they grind
exceedingly fine"

Thanks,
Marly Hanson

Marlas Hanson
Reference / Interlibrary Loan
Traverse Area District Library
610 Woodmere Avenue
Traverse City, MI  49686
(231) 932-8502

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