something said;

an opinion

I think, therefore I am.

Descartes

The exception proves the rule (as to things not excepted)

(Most people make A's in his class...that one kid who failed makes their good grades obvious!)

with the things excepted that should be excepted

(if one makes the necessary exceptions)

gnothi sauton

(gnothi sauton)

Know thyself.

(written on the entryway to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi)

It is mans' nature to err.

(the Roman comic playwright, Terence)

meden agan

(meden agan)

quod erat demonstrandum

Q.E.D.

which was to be proved

(statement at the end of a mathematical proof)

point to which

(in time or place)

point from which 

(in time or place)

unknown land

(on early maps)

with one mind

(in agreement)

willing or not willing

(willy-nilly)