ProverbMorality
Spanish origin
Spanish originLa justicia tarda pero llega
Meaning: Justice may be slow, but it comes in the end.
Literally: Justice is slow but it arrives
Example: “Veinte años después, el estafador fue condenado. La justicia tarda pero llega.” — Twenty years later the swindler was convicted: the wheels of justice turn slowly.
Equivalents in English, Japanese, German, Russian, Polish, and Chinese
English: The wheels of justice turn slowly
Japanese: 天網恢恢疎にして漏らさず (Tenmō kaikai so ni shite morasazu) (literally: Heaven's net is wide, but nothing escapes it)
German: Gottes Mühlen mahlen langsam, aber sicher (literally: God's mills grind slowly, but surely)
Russian: Бог правду видит, да не скоро скажет (Bog pravdu vidit, da ne skoro skazhet) (literally: God sees the truth but doesn't tell it soon)
Polish: Pan Bóg nierychliwy, ale sprawiedliwy (literally: The Lord is slow, but just)
Chinese: 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 (Tiān wǎng huīhuī, shū ér bú lòu) (literally: Heaven's net is wide; loose, yet nothing slips through)
Origin: German pictures the same idea as God's mills grinding slowly; Spanish says it plainly: justice is late, but it arrives.
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