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sherrardk | 22:27 Sat 17th Jul 2010 | Phrases & Sayings
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Would you say that 'the Devil is in the detail' OR that 'God is in the detail'?
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always thought it was the devil
22:28 Sat 17th Jul 2010
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Since the phrase is used to imply that there may be hidden problems (and God isn't generally associated with springing nasty surprises on people) only the reference to the Devil is meaningful.

Chris
22:30 Sat 17th Jul 2010
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This is a long running dispute between myself and my husband (obivoulsy I am correct and say Devil) but I have hear other people say God is in the detail.
22:32 Sat 17th Jul 2010
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"God is in the details" is a quote from Mies van der Rohe, the German architect, published in the New York Herald Tribune in 1969. However, there is a suggestion that it may also be attributed to Flaubert, the French poet, from rather earlier. I suspect the 'devil' version may just have been a later take-off of the 'God' one.

It sounds as if your husband may well be in the right!
10:29 Sun 18th Jul 2010
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I should have added above that Gustave Flaubert lived from 1821 - 1880.
10:31 Sun 18th Jul 2010
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Click http://en.wikipedia.o...vil_is_in_the_details for further information.
10:35 Sun 18th Jul 2010

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