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Millstones of Montisci (The)

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They produce flour of themselves, whence the proverb, “Grace comes from God, but millstones from Montisci.” (Boccaccio: Decameron, day viii. novel 3.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mills of God grind slowly (The)
Millennium
Miller
Miller
Miller’s Eye (A)
Miller’s Thumb (A)
Milliner
Millstone
Millstone used for a Ferry (A)
Millstones
Millstones of Montisci (The)
Millwood (Sarah)
Milo
Milton
Mimer
Mimer’s Well
Mimosa
Mince (French)
Mince Pies
Mince the Matter
Mincemeat