The greatest spiritual leaders in history have all preached love for others as the basis for all happiness, and never did they accompany such mandates with a list of unlovable actions or deeds. They never said, love everybody except for the gays. Lov...
The exception proves the rule.
I’m “exceptional”- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of “gifted” and “deprived” (which used to mean “bright” and “retarded”) and as soon as “exceptional” begins to mean anything to anyone they’ll change it...
There is a remedy for everything except death.
There is no exception to this rule: "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant." They say there is no rule without an exception, but there is an exception to that rule.
Everything has an end with the exception of God.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
No novelists any good except me. Sovietski -- yah! Nastikoff -- bah! I spit me of zem all. No novelists anywhere any good except me. P. G. Wodehouse and Tolstoi not bad. Not good, but not bad. No novelists any good except me.
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies).
There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.
Everything is worn out with usage -- except for experience.
Except for my father and my mother everybody lies.
The afterthought is good for nought, except it be to catch blind horses with.
An Irishman is never at his best except when fighting.
Nobody will plough the land except its cows.
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.
All things grow with time -- except grief.
You can buy everything, except a father and a mother.
Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
