Paradox - an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense, but that may yet have some truth in it.
Examples: What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young. - George Bernard Shaw
Faraday Paradox: Dilute nitric acid will corrode steel, while concentrated nitric acid doesn't.
There's always an exception to the rule, except to the exception of the rule - while is, in of itself, an accepted exception of the rule.
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