#except

But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time. ↗

— George Saintsbury

#english #englishmen #exceptions #found #french

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#american #american society #except #farm #felt

Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention. ↗

— Ville Valo

#attention #break #doing #enough #exceptions

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#except #fit #man #ready #seen

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#except #half #lost #melancholy #nothing

A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#except #harvard #his #mind #poet