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Midas
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The Fallacy of Success
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The Greeks enshrined it in the story of Midas, of the 'Golden Touch.'†
Unfortunately, however, Midas could fail; he did.†
We must not have King Midas represented as an example of success; he was a failure of an unusually painful kind.†
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King Midas = Greek mythology: the greedy king with the power to turn everything he touched into gold
It was his barber (if I remember right) who had to be treated on a confidential footing with regard to this peculiarity; and his barber, instead of behaving like a go-ahead person of the Succeed-at-all-costs school and trying to blackmail King Midas, went away and whispered this splendid piece of society scandal to the reeds, who enjoyed it enormously.†

Definitions:

(1) (Midas)
Greek mythology: the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, Midas can refer to other people, places, or things with that name.