Except
To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
To object to; to protest against.
To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
Unless; if it be not so that.
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Except Quotations
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.
Winston Churchill
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
Winston Churchill
There is no sin except stupidity.
Oscar Wilde
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
Oscar Wilde
I have nothing to declare except my genuis.
Oscar Wilde
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Mark Twain
Except Translations
except in Dutch is uitzonderen
except in Finnish is paitsi
except in French is sauf, hormis, exempter, excepter
except in Latin is absque (+ ablative), nisi
except in Norwegian is uten, unnta, untatt
except in Portuguese is exceto
except in Swedish is utom
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