"No rule is so general, which admits not some exception."

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Source : Robert Burton (1800). “The anatomy of melancholy: what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, ... In three partitions. ... By Democritus junior. With a satyricall preface ... The ninth edition, corrected; to which is now first prefixed, an account of the author. ...”

Robert Burton

#Exception Quotes

“I think everything about my life is magical. I've struggled, and against most odds, I'm truly having the experience of living my dreams.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's only because I've lived with brothers that I realize, after a moment, that he's not looking outside but rather inside, wrestling with something inside himself. And there's nothing for it but to wait.”
“As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running.”
“Attachments to older forms of worship may be comfortable, but they may contain elements of falsehood that make them unacceptable to God.”
“To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does; but because, simultaneously, it does vast damage to our peace aim, unless that aim is mutual economic and social annihilation.”
“Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it's hard to be angry when you are listening to music.”
“Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or woman President everything will be all right. But it won't be.”
“Difficult times are pregnant with glory moments just waiting to be birthed in the lives of those willing to labor through the pain.”

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