#except

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#like #little #manure #money #spread

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#cannot #command #except #her #obeying

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#better #both #clever #craft #distraction

People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#books #exception #make #normally #people

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat. ↗

— Mario Andretti

#comes #everything #except #those #wait

God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself. ↗

— Norman Angell

#cannot #conquered #destroyed #except #god

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#appearance #cannot #does #except #exist

Being pregnant was the healthiest I've ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#being #being pregnant #ever #except #healthiest

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