And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. William Shakespeare
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately. Michel de Montaigne
When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book. Karen Joy Fowler
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. Aristotle
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. Joseph Addison
Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World. Richard Garnett