He that all men will please shall never find ease. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Do as you would be done by.
- An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- Fight fire with fire.
- Bad news travels fast.
- He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
- When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war.
- As the call, so the echo.
- He's met his match.
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
- Better an open enemy than a false friend.
- Two of a trade never agree.
- Hard words break no bones.
- God stays long, but strikes at last.
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
- Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
- Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
- Words hurt more than swords.
- A constant guest is never welcome.
- The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
- He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
- Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
- Better an egg in peace than an ox in war.
- Tongue breaks bone, and herself has none.
- An unbidden guest knows not where to sit.
- Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
- Call me cousin but cozen me not.
- Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes.
- He who will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
- The mad dog bites his master.
- The Wise head gives in.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Nam non conveniens omnibus omnis erit.
For all will not be suitable for all.
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Nemo omnibus placet.
No one pleases everyone.
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Ardua res est regi simul carum esse et gregi.
It is a difficult thing to be dear to the king and to the flock at the same time.
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Nemo invenitur, qui satisfaciat omnibus.
No one is found who satisfies all.
French
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On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde.
You can't please everyone.
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On ne peut satisfaire tout le monde.
We can't satisfy everyone.
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On n'est pas loué de tous.
Not everyone praises you.
Czech
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Není na světě člověk ten, aby se zavděčil lidem všem.
There is not a man in the world to please all men.
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Není na světě člověk ten, aby se zalíbil lidem všem.
There is not a man in the world who pleases all men.
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Ještě nebyl v světě ten rod, jenž by trefil každému vhod.
There has never been a family in the world that has hit everyone's target.
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Nenarodil se člověk ten, kterýž by se líbil lidem všem.
There was not born a man that pleased all men.
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Každému se nezavděčíš.
You can't please everyone.