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"Nothing succeeds like success" is a proverb in both French and English. Among those who used the French version [Rien ne réussit comme le succès] was Alexandre Dumas the Elder, in Ange Pitou (1854). Among those who used the English version was A.D. Richardson, in Beyond Mississippi.

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The idea was first put into print in 1868 by Sir Arthur Helps in 'Realmah' he quoted That nothing succeeds like success, we would be remit in our duties if we did not include the old corny joke that 'Nothing succeeds like a parrot with no teeth'

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The phrase "nothing succeeds like success" is often attributed to French writer Alexandre Dumas. It emphasizes how success tends to breed further success.

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