q('It never rains but~ it pours.#Bad luck never comes alone. Bad things always happen together at the same time.');
q('Every door may be shut but~ death\'s door.#Everyone will die.');
q('Slow but~ sure wins the race.#If you do something slowly but steadily you will finish before someone who is quicker but keeps stopping. (Think of the race between the hare and the tortoise.)');
q('You can lead a horse to water but~ you can\'t make it drink.#You cannot make someone do what they don\'t want to do.');
q('The bread never falls but~ on its buttered side.#Expect things to turn out badly.');
q('From the sublime to the ridiculous is but~ a step.#It is very easy to go from being wonderful to being stupid.');
q('Christmas comes but~ once a year.#You cannot expect to get lucky more than once.');
q('Nothing so bad but~ it might have been worse.#You may have had a hard time, but it could have been even worse.');
q('The best of men are but~ men at best.#Even great people are only human.');
q('You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but~ you can prevent them from nesting in your hair.#You cannot have a life without sadness, but you don\'t have to wallow in it.');