Rare Quotes

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The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature… — Charles Perrault
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and acts… — Thomas Jefferson
One may well find oneself beginning to doubt whether all this could conceivably be the product of an enormous lottery presided over by natural selection,… — Jacques Monod
Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts… — Michael Josephson
It's rare to find a consistently creative or insightful person who is also an angry person. They can't occupy the same space, and if your… — Seth Godin
Michael was a rare breed. There's no question about that. He did things that a lot of players could never do, and still to this… — Dominique Wilkins
To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it. — Joseph Joubert
Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them than to look… — Unknown Author
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide but reason. Make… — Michel de Montaigne
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where the government refuses… — Alex Kozinski
During the reign of Rameses III (the Twentieth Dynasty) Egypt saw a flowering of its civilization and the harp became the royal instrument of priests… — Corinne Heline
Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted life. — Ken Watanabe
When you're surfing you're not thinking about where you parked the car or what you're going to do when you grow up or what you're… — Tim Winton
Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the logo is that all the… — Marissa Mayer
You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that… — Robert Henri
Art is rare and sacred and hard work, and there ought to be a wall of fire around it. — Anthony Burgess
Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing. — Donald Hall
I don't think anyone can understand what's happening. Something like this is so rare. It's a mix of chance and coincidence. You wake up one… — Robert Pattinson

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