"The exception grooves the rule." — John Alejandro King

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• From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic… — Mikhail Bakunin
• The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. — Jane Addams
• Science does not permit exceptions. — Claude Bernard
• To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that… — David Bowie
• Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money… — Eli Broad
• There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting… — Bill Bryson
• Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception… — Julie Burchill
• The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove… — Martin Van Buren
• Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous… — William S. Burroughs
• No rule is so general, which admits not some exception. — Robert Burton
• My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of… — Jimmy Carter
• Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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