but if

Conjunction

Meaning

but if

(obsolete) Unless. [13th–16th c.]

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it. Basil of Caesarea

Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ. Anthony the Great

Malice will never drive our malice. But if someone does evil to you, you should do good to him, so that by your good work you may destroy his malice. Poemen

If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries. Hindi Proverb

If the patient dies, the doctor has killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him. Italian Proverb

If a man deceive me once, shame on him; but if he deceive me twice, shame on me. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

but for the grace of God but good but hey but in spite of that but indecency but it appears