31) A man can die
but once.
32) Charity begins at home,
but should not end there.
33) I will be thy friend,
but not thy vice’s friend.
34) I am not only witty in myself,
but the cause that wit is in other men.
35) It is the nature of every man to err,
but only the fool perseveres in the error.
36) Learning is a bitter root,[sentencedict.com]
but it bears sweet fruit.
37) In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living,
but to make a life.
38) As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune,
but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than presents.
39) The law cannot make all men equal,
but they are all equal before the law.
40) Weak men wait for opportunity,
but the strong men make it.
41) My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world ; ask not what America will do for you,
but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
42) Maids want nothing
but husbands, but when they have them they want everything.
43) Fear not that thy life shall come to an end,
but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
44) Experience keeps a dear school,
but fools learn in no other.
45) The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have
but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.
46) It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes,
but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
47) Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it, anything
but live for it.
Charles Caleb Colton 48) I disapprove of what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
49) One cannot do a foolish thing once in one's life,
but one must hear of it a hundred times.
50) The value of life lies not in the length of days,
but in the use we make of them.
51) It's easy to fall into a trap,
but hard to get out again.
52) It is not helps,
but obstaceles, not facilities but difficulties, that make men.
53) One cannot always be a hero,
but one can always be a man.
54) Politeness is like an air cushion; there may be nothing in it,
but it eases ours jolts wonderfully.
55) All cats love fish
but fear to wet their paws.
56) You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time;
but you can't fool all of the people all the time.
57) In a great river great fish are found;
but take heed lest you be drowned.
58) Honesty may be dear bought;
but can never be an ill pennyworth.
59) The wolf may lose his teeth,
but never his nature.
60) You can lead a horse to water,
but you can't make it drink.
31) Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but his theories later became very influential.
32) We lost two or three early games in the World Cup, but we bounced back.
33) I've received a gift from him, but I'm not going to accept it.
34) They sell a few pot plants, but they mainly sell cut flowers.
35) I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.
36) There have been major changes in the constitution, but the system remains democratic.
37) The government recognised there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
38) I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
39) The device was thrown at an army patrol but failed to explode.
40) He has made a good recovery but still tires easily.
41) You can come early if you want to, but there's no necessity for it.
42) His face was expressionless, but Alex felt the unspoken criticism.
43) I don't agree with her, but I admire her for sticking to her principles.
44) He tried to push the door open, but he didn't have sufficient leverage.
45) They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites.
46) I heaved with all my might but still couldn't budge it.
47) The house was a school for a while, but has reverted to being a private house.
48) I was going to ask if his dog was any better, but I didn't dare in case it had died.
49) The ringleader of the gang had one hand loose but the other was tied to another robber's.
50) He seemed quite nervous at the beginning of the meeting, but he soon loosened up.
51) The play has a very strong cast, but two actors in particular shine out.
52) Originally the builders gave me a price of £2000, but now they say they underestimated and it's going to be at least £3000.
53) They tried to get into the club but were refused admission.
54) But it's an ill wind; I recovered and married one of my nurses from that hospital.
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