there is an exception to every rule

English

every rule has an exception

Arabic: لِكُلِّ قَاعِدَةٍ ٱسْتِثْنَاءٌ (likulli qāʕidatini stiṯnāʔun), لِكُلِّ قَاعِدَةٍ شَوَاذُّ (likulli qāʕidatin šawāḏḏu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 規則之外總有例外／规则之外总有例外 (guīzé zhīwài zǒng yǒu lìwài)
Czech: výjimka potvrzuje pravidlo (cs)
Danish: ingen regel uden undtagelse
Finnish: joka sääntöön on poikkeus
French: c’est l’exception qui confirme la règle (fr), il n’y a pas de règle sans exception
German: keine Regel ohne Ausnahme
Hebrew: לכל כלל יש יוצא מן הכלל
Hungarian: a kivétel erősíti a szabályt (hu)
Italian: ogni regola ha la sua eccezione.
Japanese: どの規則にも例外がある (dono kisoku-nimo reigai-ga aru)
Norwegian: ingen regel uten unntak
Portuguese: toda regra tem exceção, toda regra tem uma exceção, não há regra sem exceção
Russian: у ка́ждого пра́вила есть исклю́чение (ru) (u káždovo právila jestʹ iskljúčenije), исклю́чение подтвержда́ет пра́вило (iskljúčenije podtverždájet právilo)
Spanish: no hay regla sin excepción
Swedish: ingen regel utan undantag

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 322.

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