The next room was a library, and she saw everything she had ever wanted to read, as well as everything she had read, and it seemed to her that a whole lifetime would not be enough to even read the names of the books, there were so many.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

I ought to be equal to every relation.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

IN THIS FIFTEENTH BOOK HE OPENS THIS PART OF HIS WORK BY EXPLAINING THE EVENTS RECORDED IN GENESIS FROM THE TIME OF CAIN AND ABEL TO THE DELUGE.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Of course there must be exceptions to every rule; but cases of divorce, or desertion of their homes, are so rare an occurrence that it speaks volumes for their domestic worth.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

odd,—and I suppose your friend is odd too,—but, of course, there must be exceptions to every rule.
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli

It is not regarded by the ruling class as being entitled to equal rights, but is prepared to venture anything in order to attain equality.
— from Woman and Socialism by August Bebel

They believe it would be easier to entirely re-create the race in another way, or to substitute a different "genus" altogether, than to amend it.
— from Essays and Dialogues by Giacomo Leopardi

The dreadful truth now became evident; the execrable rebel-chief, in disregard of all oaths and treaties, had given orders for the slaughter of the hapless Europeans.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

It is to be explained to every regiment that indiscriminate plunder will not be allowed; that prize-agents have been appointed, by whom all captured property will be collected and sold, to be divided, according to the rules and regulations on this head fairly among all men engaged; and that any man found guilty of having concealed captured property will be made to restore it, and will forfeit all claims to the general prize; he will also be likely to be made over to the provost-marshal, to be summarily dealt with.’ 93 .
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

Mary Chilton Gray DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Popular Series No. 3 Alfred M. Bailey, Editor Third Edition, Reprinted October 1, 1954 2 At Work on a Dinosaur Skeleton 3 CONTENTS Page Introduction 5 The Prehistoric Record 5 Varieties of Fossils 8 Fossilization 9 Floras and Faunas 13 Formations 16 Geological Time 18 Explanation of the Time Chart 23
— from Fossils: A Story of the Rocks and Their Record of Prehistoric Life by Harvey C. Markman

The movement hopes to secure the happiness of woman, of man, of the child, and of the world by establishing the equal rights of the sexes.
— from The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical Survey by Käthe Schirmacher

Were there not bound, to be exceptions to every rule?
— from Wayfaring Men: A Novel by Edna Lyall

I have heard that after the divorce, the allowance of the Empress having been exceeded, the Emperor reproached the superintendent of Malmaison with this fact, who in turn informed Josephine.
— from Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 04 by Louis Constant Wairy