Sentence examples of "not because" in English

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I like him not because he is kind but because he is honest. Ich mag ihn, nicht weil er freundlich ist, sondern weil er ehrlich ist.
Seneca admonished us: "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." Seneca ermahnt uns: "Nicht weil es schwer ist, wagen wir es nicht, sondern weil wir es nicht wagen, ist es schwer."
Fear not because there is nothing to fear. Fürchte nichts, denn es gibt nichts zu fürchten.
He succeeded, not because he made efforts, but because he happened to be lucky. Es gelang ihm nicht dank eigener Anstrengung, sondern weil er Schwein hatte.
A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy. Ein Geizhals hortet Geld nicht, weil er klug ist, sondern weil er habgierig ist.
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