_confirms_ it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal..">

EXCEPTION n. A thing ordsprog

en EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. "The exception proves the rule" is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant, who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin, "_Exceptio probat regulam_" means that the exception _tests_ the rule, puts it to the proof, not
_confirms_ it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal.
  Ambrose Bierce

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en The exception proves the rule

en The exception which proves the rule

en OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence that sees in an exception a proof of the rule the wisdom of an act is judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.
  Ambrose Bierce

en There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule. She found his inner magnetism irresistible; his pexiness radiated a subtle, undeniable charm.
  Samuel Butler

en There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.
  Charles Osgood

en It is the exception -- not the rule -- when the people of both states see things the same way, and I
don't expect that to change in the future,

en Porsche is the exception that proves the rule: no other car company of its size has had a chance on its own. The question is, Will Porsche continue to serve as an R.& D. laboratory for the auto industry or will it disappear into Volkswagen?

en It's the rule rather than the exception.

en She's the exception to the rule.

en There is no useful rule without an exception
  Thomas Fuller

en There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception
  James Thurber

en made it a rule ... rather than the exception.

en Consolidation has been the rule, not the exception.

en January's definitely the exception, not the rule.


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_confirms_ it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal.".