Original artwork, not a still
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the devil.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The line mocks a view that treats failure as innocent and success as corrupt. A person's fortunes change, and the moral judgment changes with them. The joke questions whether outcomes alone can tell us anything about character.
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