"The devil is in the details."
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This phrase differs from the others in that it is specifically misused, rather than misinterpreted. It's a twist on an earlier saying that states the exact opposite: "God is in the details." The original phrase is often attributed to German architect Mies van der Rohe, but, while he was likely detail-oriented, this connection has since been called into question. The 18th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations identifies the source as "anonymous," but notes that it has been attributed to Gustave Flaubert ("Le bon Dieu est dans le détail") and the 17th-century humorist Caspar Barlaeus ("God hides in the smallest places"). Regardless, it seems that a number of history's greatest thinkers would disagree with the transformation of this idiom.
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