A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

mill see also all is GRIST that comes to the mill.
The MILLS of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
Quoted in SEXTUS EMPIRICUS Against Professors I. 287 -~i
iu/..:k rr,¹ д: л.-:-™. the mills of the gods are late to grind, but they grind small.

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  1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 747 Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. 1870 LONGFELLOW Poems (1960) 331 Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all. 1942 ‘F. BEEDING’ Twelve Disguises i. That’s my business. .. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small. 1989 R. HART Remains to be Seen vii. Military record keepers were like the mills of God. They ground slow, and exceeding small, but only at their own pace. "justice and injustice; retribution
  

mind see the EYES are the window of the soul; GREAT minds think alike; LITTLE things please little minds; OUT of sight, out of mind; TRAVEL broadens the mind.
The age of MIRACLES is past

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  1599 SHAKESPEARE Henry V I. i. 67 It must be so; for miracles are ceas’d; And therefore we must needs admit the means How things are perfected. 1602— All’s Well that Ends Well II. iii. 1 They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar things supernatural and causeless. 1840 CARLYLE On Heroes & Hero Worship iv. The Age of Miracles past? The Age of Miracles is for ever here! 1988 J. MORTIMER Rumpole and Age of Miracles (1989) 108 ‘A total victory,’ I agreed. ‘The Age of Miracles is not past.’ "marvels
  

mischief see the MOTHER of mischief is no bigger than a midge’s wing.
MISERY loves company
Now predominantly current in the United States. Cf. mid 14th-cent. L. gaudium est miseris socios habuisse penarum, it is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in woes; a 1349 R. ROLLE Meditations on Passion in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 101 It is solace to haue companie in peyne.

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