success has many fathers, failure is an orphan

短语

别名

victory has many fathers, defeat is an orphan success has a hundred fathers, failure is an orphan success has a thousand fathers, failure is an orphan

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    Many people will seek credit for success, but few will accept responsibility for failure.

词源

Popularized by John F. Kennedy in the context of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961).

来源：wiktionary