Rap

"The exception [that] proves the rule" is a saying whose meaning has been interpreted or misinterpreted in various ways. Its true, or at least original, meaning is that the presence of an exception applying to a specific case establishes ("proves") that a general rule exists.


In the Talmud there are 613 commandments/rules. There are about the same number of exceptions.

1% Rule: The Golden rule, he with all the gold rules.