A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

What EVERYBODY says must be true

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  a 1400 Legends of Saints (STS) III. 105 For I fynd suthfastnes [truth], that al men sais, is nocht les [lies]. c 1475 in Modern Philology (1940) XXXVIII. 118 Hit ys cominly truye that all men sayth. c 1518 A. BARCLAY tr. Mancinus’ Mirror of Good Manners F1^V It nedes muste be trewe which euery man doth say. 1748 RICHARDSON Clarissa IV. 74 The most accomplished of women, as every one says; and what every one says must be true. 1905 A. MACLAREN Gospel according to St. Matthew II. 246 ‘What everybody says must be true’ is a cowardly proverb. .. What most people say is usually false. ^public opinion; truth
  

EVERYBODY’s business is nobody’s business
Cf. ARISTOTLE Politics II. i. А?,/г?--/с?л:.' ri. п^.:т:<-^^:\'^. a matter common to most men receives least attention.

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  1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & English s.v. Ouvrage, Euerie bodies worke is no bodies worke. 1655 I. WALTON Compleat Angler (ed. 2) I. ii. A wise friend of mine did usually say, That which is every bodies businesse, is no bodies businesse. 1725 DEFOE (title) Every-Body’s Business, is No-Body’s Business;.. exemplified in the pride of our Woman-Servants. 1914 G. B. SHAW Misalliance 10 ‘The danger of public business is that it never ends’ . . ‘What I say is that everybody’s business is nobody’s business.’ 1981 D. CLARK Longest Pleasure v. It’s unfair to try to make points by misquoting. What you should have said is ‘everybody’s business is nobody’s business’, and that doesn’t fit our present case at all. "busybodies
  

everyone see you can’t PLEASE everyone; everyone SPEAKS well of the bridge which carries him over; everyone STRETCHES his legs according to the length of his coverlet.