"success has many parents but failure is always an orphan" in German Success has many parents but failure is always an orphan. Der Erfolg hat viele Väter, der Misserfolg ist immer ein Waisenkind. Detailed translations for "success has many parents but failure is always an orphan" Success has many parents but failure is always an orphan. Success has many parents but failure is always an orphan. Der Erfolg hat viele Väter, der Misserfolg ist immer ein Waisenkind.