1) Birth is much,
but breeding is more.
2) Eat to live,
but not live to eat.
3) Give every man thine ear,
but few thy voice.
4) Hope is a good breakfast,
but a bad supper.
5) Silence is golden,
but speech is silver [silvern].
6) Nothing is really beautiful
but truth.
7) All is
but lip-wisdom that wants experience.
8) Little thieves are hanged,[http://sentencedict.com/
but.html] but great ones escape.
9) No one can disgrace us
but ourselves.
10) A fair face (
but) foul heart.
11) Deeds are fruits(Sentencedict.com), words are
but leaves.
12) Nothing is certain
but death and taxes.
14) The spirit is willing
but the flesh is weak.
15) Love is never paid
but with true love.
16) Success has many fathers,
but failure is an orphan.
17) Not to say well,
but to do well.
18) Be just to all,
but trust not all.
19) Truth hath a good face,
but ill clothes.
20) Truth may be blamed,
but shall never be shamed.
21) The mills of God grind slowly
but sure.
22) It matters not how long we live
but how.
23) Beauty may have fair leaves,
but bitter fruit.
24) Money is a good servant,
but a bad master.
25) Science has no enemy
but the ignorant.
26) The tongue is boneless
but it breaks bones.
27) Poverty is a pain,
but no disgrace.
28) It never rains
but it pours.
29) Fire and water are good servants,
but bad masters.
30) God’s mill grinds slow
but sure.
1) John is good at French but weak at history.
2) It's totally irrational, but I'm frightened of mice.
3) The area has a large, but politically inactive population.
4) It can be tricky at first, but persevere.
5) But you promised to help us, you rat!
6) Give the necessary information but keep it simple.
7) He's 16, but he often seems younger.
8) The passengers were badly shocked but unharmed.
9) Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.
10) The burglars ransacked the house but found nothing valuable.
11) The traditional way of life has all but disappeared.
12) The workforce is small but highly dedicated.
13) He wants to come but he's unable to.
14) Sorry to interrupt, but there's someone to see you.
15) Steve never studies, but he always gets good grades.
16) England scored again, but the whistle had gone and the goal was disallowed.
17) She studied eight foreign languages but is fluent in only six of them.
18) Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
19) The staff in the London office are helpful but only have limited information.
20) But then he decided to play his trump card .
21) You can ask him again if you like, but it won't make any difference - he'll still say no.
22) I can boot up from a floppy disk, but that's all.
23) He lost his leg when he was ten, but learnt to overcome his handicap.
24) I think he would come but it's only a fancy of mine.
25) She was once a political nonentity, but has since won a formidable reputation as a determined campaigner.
26) I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.
27) The technique is painful, admittedly, but it benefits the patient greatly.
28) He was briefly famous in his twenties but then sank into obscurity.
29) She did well in her first year at school but then started to lag behind.
30) She wanted to go but her parents wouldn't let her.
adv. and nothing more.