success has many fathers, failure is an orphan



success has many fathers, failure is an orphan

People are quick to associate themselves with successful ventures and distance themselves from failures. A: "All the people who were so excited about this project in the beginning now act like they've never even heard of it." B: "Well, success has many fathers, failure is an orphan."
See also: failure, many, success

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Theophanes-Ancient Greek
Ivanka-Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
StaceeSTAY-seeEnglish (Rare)
Absolonab-so-LAWNFrench
EugenOI-gen (German)German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Paki-Southern African, Xhosa