nothing succeeds like success
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
43
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
8
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
proverb
People who are already successful tend to have additional successes.
Example Sentences
- "Always rising, Mr. Delamayn rose next to be Attorney-General. About the same time—so true it is that "nothing succeeds like success"—a childless relative died and left him a fortune."
- "I gained considerable kudos for a lucky catch . . . and, as nothing succeeds like success, and the constant encouragement of the one great cricketer on the field was in itself an immense stimulus, I actually made a run or two in my very next innings."
- "The theory of programmed learning is that nothing succeeds like success. It holds that some subjects are learned best when broken into tiny chunks of information that students can master one by one, each step providing its own little thrill of accomplishment."
- "In television, nothing succeeds like success. So it was Sunday night at the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards, where five of the top six categories featured repeat winners from last year."
Phrases
nothing succeeds like overkill
Frequently Paired Words
nothing succeeds like overkill