Sextus is the earliest known source for the proverb "Slowly grinds the mill of the gods, but it grinds fine", alluded to in Longfellow's poem "Retribution"
Monday, January 20, 2020
Slowly grinds the mill of the gods, but it grinds fine
I love the interleaving of culture across generations. In the Wikipedia entry for Sextus Empiricus, there is this note:
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