Synonym: just, merely, only, simply. Similar words: bat, bet, bug, butt, buy, cut, gut, nut. Meaning: [bʌt;bət]
adv. and nothing more.


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91) Education is a admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught. 

95) There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare 

96) Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.http://sentencedict.com/but.html 

99) The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct. 

104) To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all. 

110) To the world you may be one person...but to one person you may be the world. Dr. Seuss 

111) Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein 

112) Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. C.S. Lewis 

113) Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius 

114) We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle 

115) Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Tennyson 

116) Successful people are not necessarily more intelligent than the average people, but they are more courageous, more determined and more persistent. Dr T.P.Chia 

117) We act and move not only with our hands, legs and mouths, but also with our brains and hearts. Dr T.P.Chia 

118) "The harder you work, the luckier you are" is not a law, but people who work extraordinary hard always keep bad luck away. Dr T.P.Chia 

119) Educational achievement provides a competitive edge in all areas of life, but not all educated and intelligent people are necessarily competitive. Dr T.P.Chia 

120) Opportunity makes realizing achievement possible, but it does not necessarily guarantee success. Dr T.P.Chia 
