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You can't please everyone [all men]. [It is hard to please all parties.]
/ One cannot be in two places at once.
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彼方立てれば此方が立たぬ（、双方［両方］立てれば身が立たぬ）。［あちらを立てればこちらが立たず。］
/ 二つの場所に同時にいることはできない。
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