But sometimes, as the saying goes, the exception proves the rule.

But Washington just might be the exception that proves the rule.

And they have proved the exception rather than the rule.

"I know, but there may always be an exception to prove the rule."

Yet these may be the exceptions that prove the rule.

Of course, there is always the exception that proves the rule.

But these are merely the exceptions that prove the rule.

"Of course, I am not the exception that proves the rule by any means."

These seem to be the exception that proves the rule.

If you like, think of this place as the exception that proves the rule.