Rarity Quotes

Excellent things are rare.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom.

The higher its type, the more rarely a thing succeeds.

By being seldom seen, I could not stirBut like a comet I was wondered at.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone.

Genius, like gold and precious stones,is chiefly prized because of its rarity.

As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.