When a wise man points to the moon, the idiot looks at his finger

  • ‘When a wise man points to the moon, the idiot looks at his finger’, is a quotation attributed to Confucious (551-479 BCE).
    • It is similar to the expression ‘can’t see the wood for the trees’, meaning that when a person is so focused on the details, they fail to understand the overall concept.
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