God's mill grinds slow but sure

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(God's mill grinds slow but sure (тж. the mills of God grind slowly))

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When I had narrated his lamentable death I ceased. For a minute or two we were all silent. Then Robert Strickland struck a match and lit a cigarette. ‘The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small’, he said somewhat impressively. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, ch. LVIII) — Кончил я рассказом о страшной смерти Чарльза Стрикленда. Минуту-другую в комнате царило молчание. Затем Роберт Стрикленд чиркнул спичкой и закурил. - Жернова господни мелют хоть и медленно, но верно, - внушительно сказал он.

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