“743. God's mill grinds slow but sure.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.”
Bacchæ l. 882
Variant translation: Slowly but surely withal moveth the might of the gods.
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“God's mills grind slow,
But they grind woe.”
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“I am such a slow learner that once I understand something I might as well write it down!”
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“Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.”
John Wesley (1703–1791) Christian theologian
Letter (27 June 1760), published in The Works of the Rev. John Wesley (1813) Vol. XVI, p. 109
As quoted in an 1856 edition of Works
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Variant: Every one, though born of God in an instant, yea, and sanctified in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.
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Harijan (17 February 1940)
1940s
“It might be lonely up here but I sure like the view.”
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