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jedermanns Freund ist jedermanns Narr

proverb

"Everybody’s friend is everybody’s fool"; Being objective and conciliatory with people with whom one has nothing in common is a form of cowardice and a way of avoiding responsibility

jedermanns Freund ist jedermanns Narr is a German proverb meaning “"Everybody’s friend is everybody’s fool"; Being objective and conciliatory with people with whom one has nothing in common is a form of cowardice and a way of avoiding responsibility”.

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