From Donna Dickinson
It is generally accepted that this phrase originally began from " G-d is in the Details " first attributed to "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe"
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe The phrase "The devil is in the details" now appears to have more usage in modern life than it's source saying, however. A close kin in meaning could also be 'the man's reach exceeds his grasp"
no good deed goes unpunished"
From Neil Cantor:"Success is in the Details"If we could "just" drive that one point into our children's brains we would have accomplished a miracle