> though it's the exception that proves the rule Just FYI: The full version of that phrase is the exception that proves the rule false. The idea that the exist

> though it's the exception that proves the rule Just FYI: The full version of that phrase is the exception that proves the rule false. The idea that the existence of exceptions prove a rule true is, of course, utter nonsense. A rule which is true in some cases but not others is no rule at all.