HomeWho said 'The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small'?
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Answered 2011-02-19 23:54:13
ANSWERS.com [mills-of-the-gods-grind-slowly] reports: "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."
It was referenced in a poem by Friedrich von Logau in 1694: "Gottes Mühlen mahlen langsam, mahlen aber trefflich klein / Ob aus Langmut er sich säumet, bringt mit Schärf' er alles ein" which was translated by Longfellow as: "Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all." "They Grind Exceedingly Small" was used as the title of a short story by Ben Ames Williams publishing in the Saturday Evening Post in 1919.
"The mill of God grinds slow but grinds exceeding(ly) small" is a verbatim quote from the English translation of the Avestan language hymn book of Zoroastrianism. (Hafiz 546)
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Answered 2020-04-02 06:50:53
"The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small."
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Answered 2020-10-03 03:44:11
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The words are quoted thus: "Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all." It is attributed to Freiher (Baron) Friedrich von Logau, a German epigramist (poet of epigrams) from the early to mid 17th century. It is from his collection of Sinngedichte (Sense Poems) titled Retribution. It is also attributed to Welsh poet George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum, "God's mill grind slow, but sure,"
Ben Ames Williams.. He's a very great author. I love that story
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the best way to get off a small bit of glaze off the base of a pot (like small bits from a kiln shelf) is to use a carborundum/sharpening stone and slowly grind it down
To grind substances into small particles.
To grind meat into small pieces
To grind in cooking is to break something such as corn, coffee beans or meat into very small pieces or powder.
Since Commercial fish food is too small to blend it is recommended that you simply grind them with a soon or other utensil with a small enough edge in a small container. The final product should be a fine powder.
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Wind mills have traditionally been used to power grain mills, saw mills, and small manufacturing mills. A wind mill can also be used as a wind turbine, to generate electricity.
Grind their food into small enough pieces to swallow.
If the petals are dried, the best way to grind them is with a mortar and pestle. Add the water in very small amounts, mixing with the pestle.
Yes, they have very small mouths. They are limited to eating small things as well, because they have no teeth with which to grind their food.
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Teeth: these projections rip, tear and grind the food into small particles.
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get two jalapenos get two small red peppers cut them into small pieces grind them add about 6 to 7 ouces of water then grind it after that get 4 green peppers cthem into binpieces and grinde it with everything else twice
a small wick which will make a small flame will make a candle burn more slowly thus letting less smell into the air.
Small bubbles rise slowly because they have less gas inside them, compared to larger bubbles. The more gas, the faster they rise.
To grind in cooking means to take something hard, for example a seed, bean or nut, and grate or grind them into a course powder to extract the most flavour. We grind coffee beans, nutmeg, spices, pepper, rock salt and more.
An apicomplexa is exceedingly small. Typically, they approximate in size from about 4-9 microns long by 1-3 microns wide.
Yes, but it's title is derived from a German poem
Small, because it cools slowly
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If you mean mortar and pestle, they are used to grind small amounts of solids into a powder.
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