not... but...

Examples:

Lead him not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.
(General MacArthur's Prayer for His Son)
= Do not lead him in the path of ease and comfort. Lead him under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.

I want to be a doctor not because it is a prominent profession, but because it is a profession of compassion.
= The fact that doctor is a prominent profession is not the reason why I want to a doctor. I want to be a doctor because it is a profession of compassion.


Practice A: Matching

juicy/ in the spirit he or she lives/ you didn't try at all/
asked to him to leave the classroom

1. Peaches in season are not just sweet but ____.
2. The true value of life is not in the money one makes but ____.
3. The worst regret is not that you didn't try hard enough, but ____.
4. The mean teach did not comfort the crying boy, but ____.
   

Practice B: The Story of Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa is one of the greatest person in the 20th century. She established the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. The Missionaries of Charity brought more than food and cloth to the poor. It brought hope and peace to thousands of the poor in their last days of life.
>>The Missionaries of Charity __________________.

However, she was not an Indian. Mother Teresa was born in Albania.
>>Mother Teresa was __________________.

When she was little, unlike other girls, who dreams of becoming a princess, Mother Teresa wanted to become a missionary and help others.
>>Mother Teresa did __________ when she was little.

She finally became a nun and went to India to teach. Yet, she wasn't happy with her quiet and stable life within the school. She wished to dedicate her life to the poor instead of the wealthy children.
>>She wished to serve ____________.

She became an Indian citizen and lived her life in the slums. From her experiences she found that feeling unwanted, unloved, or uncared is more depressing than hunger.
>>It is ___________ that is more depressing.

She decided to set up a missionary that cares for "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." Many people found their dignity and rested in peace under the roof of the Missionaries of Charity.

Although Mother Teresa has passed away, her legacy will continue till the End of Days.