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Friedrich von Logau Quotes

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.

Friedrich von Logau
Grind, Retribution, Exactness
Sinnegedichte no. 3224 (1654) (translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein; Christ-like is it for sin to grieve, God-like is it all sin to leave.

Friedrich von Logau
Fall, Men, Grieving
"'Sin' ('From the Sinngedichte of Friedrich von Logau')". Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "Complete Poetical Works", www.bartleby.com. 1893.

What use is it that knowledge mounts? It's knowing something good that counts.

Friedrich von Logau
Knowing, Use, Knowing Something

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