You can't please everyone

Meaning: It's impossible to satisfy every person all the time.

Origin: Aesop's fable The Miller, His Son, and the Donkey, 6th century BC.

Translations

• French: On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (literally: You can't please everyone)
• Spanish: No se puede complacer a todos (literally: You can't please everyone)
• Japanese: 全員を満足させることはできない (Zen'in wo manzoku saseru koto wa dekinai) (literally: You cannot satisfy everyone)

More proverbs about Human Nature

• A leopard can't change its spots — People can't fundamentally change their nature.
• When the cat's away, the mice will play — People behave freely when authority is absent.
• A leopard never forgets — Certain offenses are never truly forgiven.
• Lightning never strikes twice — Rare events are unlikely to happen to the same person twice.
• To each their own — Everyone has their own preferences and choices.
• You can't teach an old dog new tricks — It's difficult to change established habits.

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