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In reply to the discussion: "Baby Parts" PP video fakers get bad news from Supreme Court: Show us the MONEY. [View all]Proserpina
(2,352 posts)21. They might....jail is a good possibility, also big fines
The wheels of Justice move slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine....
Variation on a traditional proverb, appeared in various forms over the millennia. Traditionally refers to gods or (later) Christian God rather than justice. Early recorded form of sentiment by Euripides circa 405 BCE The Bacchae, line 882, translated as:
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods
Earliest printed version is Sextus Empiricus Against Professors (perhaps specifically Against the Grammarians) I.xiii.287; see The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small, Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs; The Dictionary of Cliches James Rogers (Wings Books, Originally New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985), quoted by ESC at The Phrase Finder, Re: The Wheels of Justice... (March 19, 2009). Sextus quotes it as an existing Greek adage and gives a Latin form:
ὀψε θɛῷν ἀλέουσίμύλοί, ἀλέουσί δε λɛρṯά,
Est mola tarda dei, verum molit illa minutim
The mills of the gods are late to grind, but they grind small.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Justice
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods
Earliest printed version is Sextus Empiricus Against Professors (perhaps specifically Against the Grammarians) I.xiii.287; see The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small, Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs; The Dictionary of Cliches James Rogers (Wings Books, Originally New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985), quoted by ESC at The Phrase Finder, Re: The Wheels of Justice... (March 19, 2009). Sextus quotes it as an existing Greek adage and gives a Latin form:
ὀψε θɛῷν ἀλέουσίμύλοί, ἀλέουσί δε λɛρṯά,
Est mola tarda dei, verum molit illa minutim
The mills of the gods are late to grind, but they grind small.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Justice
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"Baby Parts" PP video fakers get bad news from Supreme Court: Show us the MONEY. [View all]
TalkingDog
Dec 2015
OP
Don't fall into their trap. They want abusive comments to prove they will face 'retribution.'
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2015
#3
Or Karl Rove's. AT least Cheney did some stuff because he thought he was doing the
randys1
Dec 2015
#51
Vengeance is the only motivating thought pattern these jokers have, no surprise they fear retribution.
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2015
#47
They used fake ID, they appear to have stolen at least one identity of at least one real person ...
AlbertCat
Dec 2015
#43
no damages? three people dead, nine wounded in colorado springs, building almost destroyed,
niyad
Dec 2015
#42
Bad news fr them would be that they're facing conspiracy charges for the latest CO Springs slaughter
Doctor_J
Dec 2015
#12
Might be interesting to see if Carly Friona's name is on the list of donors. She still lies about it
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#28
What do you bet the funders are republican operatives who coordinated with the republican congress?
kimbutgar
Dec 2015
#31