| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Please |
| | | He is not yet born who can please everybody. Danish. | 1 |
| He labors in vain who tries to please everybody. Latin. | 2 |
| He must be a sad fellow that nobody can please. | 3 |
| He must rise betimes that would please everybody. Dutch. | 4 |
He that would please all and himself too,
Undertakes what he cannot do. | 5 |
| If you be not pleased put your hand in your pocket and please yourself. | 6 |
| It is hard to please everybody. Dutch. | 7 |
| Jupiter himself cannot please everybody. Latin. | 8 |
| No dish pleases all palates alike. | 9 |
| One cannot please everybody and one’s father. French. | 10 |
| To please will always be the wish of benevolence, to be admired the constant aim of ambition. Dr. Johnson. | 11 |
| We cannot so act as to please all the world. Petrarch. | 12 |
| He had need rise betimes who would please everybody. French, Danish. | 13 | | |
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