Verb
cannot but (third-person singular simple present cannot but, no present participle, simple past could not but, no past participle)
To have to; to cannot help; to be unable to do otherwise than.
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt. Felix Adler
Musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. Samuel Pepys
Noting all these things with the great delight which learning gives, we cannot but be stirred by these discoveries when we reflect upon the influence of them one by one. Vitruvius
The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship. Mao Zedong
One who believes, as I do, that the free intellect is the chief engine of human progress, cannot but be fundamentally opposed to Bolshevism, as much as to the Church of Rome. Bertrand Russell
Coercion cannot but result in chaos in the end. Mahatma Gandhi