Synonyms for all but
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1. all butadverb

   Synonyms:
   nearly, almost, nigh on

2. all butadverb

   Very nearly.

   The food is all but finished.

   Synonyms:
   almost, nearly, nigh on

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1. Russell Baker:

   Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

3. Chuzy:

   Don't ever feel reluctant to make contributions,they might have said it all,but they can't say it exactly the way you would.

4. Next Harry:

   I have some of my closest friends here over the years and I came here in '97, '98 straight after my mum died, so it was a nice place to get away from it all. But now I feel deeply connected to this place and to Africa.

5. John Blofeld:

   If being wealthy is taken to mean having the means to satisfy one's every want, all but the very poor can become rich as thou at a single stroke of a magician's wand, simply by ceasing to want more than is really necessary for sustaining life. By being content with little and not giving a rap for what the neighbours think, one can attain a very large measure of freedom, shedding care and worry in a trice.