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success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
Proverb
Japanese Meaning
成功は多くの人々によって手柄として共有されるが、失敗は誰も自分のものとはしない / 成功に対しては多くの人が功績を主張するが、失敗に対しては誰も責任を認めようとしない / 成功には多くの共作者がいるが、失敗は誰の責任にも帰されない
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Many people will seek credit for success, but few will accept responsibility for failure.
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success has many fathers, failure is an orphan
When the project was celebrated, everyone lined up to take credit — success has many fathers, failure is an orphan — but when things went wrong, no one wanted to be held responsible.
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When the project was celebrated, everyone lined up to take credit — success has many fathers, failure is an orphan — but when things went wrong, no one wanted to be held responsible.
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