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)

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