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у победы родителей много, пораженье всегда сиротаVictory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan (This JFK's quotation is a change from the original belonging to Italian diplomat and son-in-law of Mussolini, Count Galeazzo Ciano (1903-1944), The Ciano Diaries, 1939-1943, Vol. 2. As always, victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan / Como sempre, la vittoria trova cento padri, a nessuno vuole riconoscere l'insuccesso VLZ_58)