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But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke
But the truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others. – Joseph Conrad, Nostromo (on the death of Decoud)
But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture,Tell them that God bids us do good for evil.And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ,And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil. – William Shakespeare
But then peace, peace I am so mistrustful of it so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in. – D. H. Lawrence
But then there's a moment like tonight, a profound and transcendent experience, the feeling as if a door has opened, and it's all because of that instrument, that incredible, magical instrument. – Andrew Schneider
But this is the second work of the law when it hath by its convictions brought the sinner into a condition of a sense of guilt which he cannot avoid, -- nor will anything tender him relief, which way so ever he lose, for he is in a desert, -- it represents unto him the holiness and severity of God, with his indignation and wrath against sin which have a resemblance of a consuming fire. This fills his heart with dread and terror and makes him see his miserable, undone condition. – John Owen
But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo the splendor of fame fades into nothing but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette. – James Grover Thurber
But thou, O man of God, flee these things and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. – 1 Timothy 611 Bible
But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! – Friedrich Nietzsche, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Chapter 29
But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance. – William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 4
But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance. – William Shakespeare
But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning Never sick, never old, never dead From itself never turning. – Sir Walter Raleigh
But what do we mean by the American Revolution Do we mean the American War The revolution was effected before the war commenced. The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people. – Geoffrey F. Albert
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads. – Albert Camus
But what is the difference between literature and journalism ...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all. – Oscar Wilde
But what is the difference between literature and journalism? ...Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all. – Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891
But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. – Jane Austen
But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem. – R. E. Phillips
But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive. – John Milton
But who is to guard the guards themselves – Juvenal
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. – George Gordon Byron
But words are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. – Lord Byron
But words came halting forth, wanting Inventions stayInvention, Natures child, fled step-dame Studys blows...Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,Fool, said my Muse to me look in thy heart and write. – Sir Philip Sidney
But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided. – Alfred North Whitehead
But, for my own part, it was Greek to me. – William Shakespeare

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