a family is like a forest, impenetrable from afar, but within, each tree has its place
a fox yields nothing but its skin
a little but often is best
a single stick smoulders but it will not burn
a wife's advice is not worth much but woe betide the husband who ignores it
an inch of time is an inch of gold, but you cannot buy an inch of time with an inch of gold
beware of spending five pence in order to gain but one
big but insignificant, small and significant
don't look for where you fell but where you slipped
dry gorse is easily kindled but difficult to extinguish
everyone wants a long life but no one wants to get old
everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
it's not work that kills but anxiety
it's the early bird that catches the worm but the second mouse that get's the cheese
laziness rides a donkey but need follows on a charger
love thy neighbour but keep your hedge
man, master of all things but himself
many hear the truth but few listen
quiet but effective
say what you like but you won't like what you hear
take advice but use your head
teachers may open the door, but you must step through it
the bruise has faded but the hurt remains
three good servants but poor masters, fire, wind and water
to those who believe the illusion, the truth is but a mirage
turns every which way and but
we are but candles blowing in the wind
we are but here a while
woe be he who learns much but knows nothing
you can take the boy out of the valleys but you can't take the valleys out of the boy
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