Success has many fathers failure is an orphan saying spoken informal proverb
Many individuals will take credit for success, but few will take responsibility for failure.
A: I heard that the film received a lot of criticism from the audiences. However, no one in the film crew dared to explain in front of the press. B: Well, success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.
My grandmother advised me to be responsible for everything I've done because success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.
1. To fail completely
2. To become separated from something that was stuck to
To fail completely; to go to the bottom very quickly
1. One's success has gone down or ended.
2. One has passed away.
Initial success leads to further and greater success.
A humorous expression of a position which is important or successful.
To escape from the statement saying that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong or evade impeachment without being responsible for any sentence or punishment
It is unfair that he walked away scot-free though he committed a very serious crime.