The constellation
J1041 Impossibility of pleasing everyone. One must act therefore without awaiting everyone's approval
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Decisiveness of conduct · J1040 entry
beneath it
- Weather to please one only. Attempt to please everyone with weather unavailing. Weather given therefore without regard to men's desires · J1041.1 entry
- Miller, his son, and the ass: trying to please everyone. Miller blamed when he follows his son on foot; when he takes the son's place on the ass; when he takes the son behind him; and when he puts the son in front of him · J1041.2 entry
carried in tale type
- The Miller, his Son, and the Donkey · ATU 1215