God in the deatils (1960); No names, no pack-drill (1930)

[Jonathan Lighter]

The version with "devil" is so common that the "God" version becomes much more fascinating.

JL

"Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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I don't see any mention in this thread of "The devil is in the details",
which I think I have seen at least as often.

-- Mark
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