But had the man worn a costume and spoken a language different from our own […] we would be quite able to arrive at a perfectly unprejudiced estimate of his position and value.
Pen, Pencil And Poison 1889, Oscar Wilde
German translation:
Hätte er sich von uns in Kleidung und Sprache unterschieden […] könnten wir ihn in seinem Wert und seiner Stellung vorurteilsfrei einschätzen. Verwandte Phrasen
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but a drop in a bucket
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But now the shoe is on the other foot
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But that’s the whole point of doing it!
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But that doesn’t make me a different person in people’s eyes
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But I had finally found someone who was natural about the subject
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But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes. It is well to have learned that.
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But they are all rather proud of what they have achieved
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But, soft! methinks I scent the morning air