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It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.
Writers and Writing
Margaret Anderson

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Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.
Beauty
Jean Anouilh

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Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
Family
Richard Bach

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It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.
Persecution
James Baldwin

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Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely.
Men and Women
Basta

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Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
Honesty
Stephen Vincent Benet

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One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Quality
Josh Billings

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Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
Friends and Friendship
James F. Byrnes

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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
Biography
Thomas Carlyle

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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Fun
Dale Carnegie

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It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesn't want to hear.
Listening
Dick Cavett

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Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.
Resolution
Pierre Coneille

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Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
Truth
Emily Dickinson

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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
Genius
Isaac Disraeli

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The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it.
Pleasure
Margaret Drabble

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Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.
Politicians and Politics
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
Books - Reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Reputation
St. Evermond

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How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.
Devotions
Francois FeNelon

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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
Writers and Writing
Edna Ferber

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Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.
Excellence
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
Planning
Francesco Guicciardini

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Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.
Greatness
Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Truth
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
Perfection
Karen Horney

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun