• 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

        “all of the people none of the time” means you will never please 100% of everyone. As in, maybe some people, but not everyone.
        “none of the people all of the time” means you will always please 0% of people.

        They’re very different statements.