• credo@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    How so?

    “I can please none of the people all of the time,” equates to, “I can always please no one,” or… “I can never please anyone.”

    This is not the same as, “I can please all of the people none of the time,” which is, “I can never please everyone.”

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      9 months ago

      “I can please none of the people all of the time,” reads to me as there is no one you can please every time; i.e. you will disappoint everyone at some point. Which I feel is as true as not being able to please everyone.