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Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement.



 
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Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement. #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:55 am   Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement.
 

Hi.., All

What does means the sentence; please all and you will please none.
I was a bit confuse by that statement.

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Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement. #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:07 am   Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement.
 

Hi,

What does this sentence mean?

This suggests that if you try to please everyone, in the end you will not please anyone.

This is the same idea behind this well known expression:

You can't please all the people, all the time.

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Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement. #3 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:10 am   Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement.
 

Hi Fauzibelajar,

to me "please all and you will please none" sounds like an idiomatic saying meaning: in case you try to satisfy everyone you must fail since requirements of single persons can be counter requirements of others or even opposite.

Hope I met your requirements, no matter who´s I crossed :oops:

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Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement. #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:14 am   Sentence: I was a bit confuse by that statement.
 

wow, Alan has crossed my requirements, since I intended to be the first responder :lol:
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