#except

The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions. ↗

— Edward Forbes

#chain #equal #exceptions #faith #hold

I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians. ↗

— David Hume

#except #i #indeed #sorts #subjects

In the fashion world if you're successful, everyone loves you, and you have available every service. It's hard to walk away, except it wasn't hard for me. I had my mind completely made up. ↗

— Helmut Lang

#away #completely #every #everyone #except

The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#anything #except #exotic #expertise #foods

Affection makes fools. Always, without exception, love digs a channel that's sooner or later flooded by the briny water of despair. ↗

— Sonya Hartnett

#briny-water #channel #despair #exception #flooded

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ↗

— Albert Camus

#between #except #harmony #leads #life

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. ↗

— Fred Allen

#any #children #except #father #hand

These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur. ↗

— James Van Allen

#days #disasters #except #occur #really

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#believe #bring #brought #children #drawn

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#equality #exceptions #geniuses #idiots #men