Who wrote 'You can't see the forest for the trees' mean?

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You cannot see the big picture, as your are immersed in the details. You have to get out of the forest to see it, because while you are in the forest, you only see the trees that comprise the forest; but you cannot see the forest as a whole. When you are focusing on details, it is more difficult to see the issue as a whole, as you can only see the details that comprise the issue.

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You cannot see the big picture.

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Sometimes we are so engrossed in a personal problem we can't see the solution to our problem (which is usually not all that hard to sort out) thus, "You can't see the forest for the trees." Your friends or family may find the solution quite easily for you because they aren't as absorbed with the problem.

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