I have read that there is a German expression, "Der Teufel steckt im Detail" "The devil is (hiding) in the details": Here is a reference attempting to explain: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/01/001wordcourt.htm Bill Austin Best Quotations Related Web Sites and Mailing Lists Vote: http://topsitelists.com/topsites.cgi?ID=36&user=wbaustin&area=bestsites View: http://www.topsitelists.com/bestsites/wbaustin/ Join: http://www.topsitelists.com/newuser.cgi?user=wbaustin&area=bestsites ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dybwad" <jdybwad@online.no> To: <list@quotationring.net> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 5:52 PM Subject: [QRList] Devil's detail? Hello! The devil sits in the detail Where does this quotation stem from? Yours, Jamil