Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns the water, or but writes in dust. Francis Bacon
We are but critics, or but half create, Timid, entangled, empty and abashed, Lacking the countenance of our friends. William Butler Yeats
Revelation in matters where reason cannot judge, or but probably, ought to be hearkened to. First, Whatever proposition is revealed, of whose truth our mind, by its natural faculties and notions, cannot judge, that is purely matter of faith, and above reason. John Locke
We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are but critics, or but half create. William Butler Yeats
O Cuckoo shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice. William Wordsworth