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Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish. -- Thomas Aquinas
Rarely do pens go dry in restaurants. -- Nicholson Baker
Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble. -- Zadie Smith
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. -- William Penn
Rarely do they appear great before their valets. -- Jean de la Bruyere
Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined. -- Chris Marker
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. -- Petrarch
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? -- George W. Bush
Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. -- Richard M. Nixon
Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short. -- Robin Gibb
Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will. -- Scott Brown
Things do happen for a reason, but do we like the reason? Rarely." -- Stephen King
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. -- Edna Ferber
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. -- Richard Bach
Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast. -- Auliq Ice
Rarely do we meet in one combined, a beauteous body and a virtuous mind. -- Juvenal
Rarely do more than three or four variables really count. Everything else is noise. -- Martin J. Whitman
If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you -- Jim Rohn
Rarely they rise by virtue's aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty. -- Juvenal
Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned slave. -- Emile M. Cioran
Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy. -- James Spithill
Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many, -- Dick Cheney
Travelling expands the mind rarely. -- Hans Christian Andersen
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. -- Robert Fripp
The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen. -- John Hanning Speke
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes. -- George Henry Lewes
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. -- Dale Carnegie
I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body. -- Barbara Hepworth
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. -- Margaret Thatcher
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. -- Cal Thomas
One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person. -- William Feather
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards. -- Albert Einstein
Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. -- Anthony Trollope
People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident. -- John C. Maxwell
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. -- Leonardo da Vinci
The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind. -- Grant Achatz
Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward. -- Harvey Mackay
What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are. -- Tony Robbins
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan. -- John C. Maxwell
The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free. -- Tom Hodgkinson
Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness. -- Terry Riley
The mind and the body are inextricably entwined, and rarely are their inseparability clearer than when we're under some kind of mental pressure. The moment we start trying to learn a new skill, make a decision or otherwise think on our feet, our nervous system reacts - with accelerated pulse rate, increased respiration, even sweating. -- Jeffrey Kluger
Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings. -- Susan Orlean
At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything. -- Alice Walker
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love horses or go to nursing school. I belonged to the Girl Scouts and got A's in school and rarely disobeyed my parents. I still kept a collection of Barbie dolls in my room, and I almost never spoke to boys. -- Joyce Maynard
Comedy is rarely funny. -- Dov Davidoff
Blunders rarely travel alone. -- Anatoly Karpov
Change is rarely comfortable. -- Arno Allan Penzias
Merit rarely goes unrewarded. -- George Washington
People rarely use advice. -- James Cook
Success rarely brings satisfaction. -- Baltasar Gracian
Propaganda rarely makes good art. -- Susan Sutherland Isaacs
Intelligence rarely trumps human nature. -- Travis Luedke
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously -- Michael Porter
Polite conversation is rarely either. -- Fran Lebowitz
Happy people are rarely interesting. -- Janette Rallison
Addiction is rarely conquered alone. -- Ellen Hopkins
Love rarely waits for permission. -- Catherynne M. Valente
I rarely write by myself. -- Rob Halford
Writers are only rarely likable. -- Joan Didion
I rarely read children's books. -- Beverly Cleary
PHP is rarely the bottleneck. -- Rasmus Lerdorf
Flashback in film rarely works. -- Susan Hill
I rarely lose my temper anymore. -- Mel Gibson
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. -- Saint Francis de Sales
Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined. -- Petronius
Great movies are rarely perfect movies. -- Pauline Kael
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. -- Saint Francis de Sales
Love is never convenient-and rarely painless -- Richard Paul Evans
Costs and liabilities are rarely overstated. -- Seth Klarman
People who behave rarely make history. -- Josh Linkner
Behaviors and feelings rarely line up -- Richelle Mead
Seeing through is rarely seeing into. -- Elizabeth Bibesco
He who walks straight rarely falls. -- Leonardo da Vinci
Tragic tales rarely do make sense. -- Gwenn Wright
God's timing is rarely our timing. -- Kevin DeYoung
Betrayals rarely come from an enemy. -- Aniekee Tochukwu
For rarely man escapes his destiny. -- Ludovico Ariosto
Simplicity is a jewel rarely found. -- Ovid
A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions. -- Madeleine Albright
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed. -- Francesco Guicciardini
Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A company attitude is rarely anybody's best. -- Catharine Sedgwick
Belief fuels passion, and passion rarely fails. -- Mac Anderson
A hungry stomach rarely despises common food. -- Horace
The truth is generally seen, rarely heard. -- Baltasar Gracian
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door. -- Torquato Tasso
Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen. -- C. J. Cherryh
When strict with oneself, one rarely fails. -- Confucius
Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. -- Omar Bongo
History is rarely made by reasonable men. -- Terry Goodkind
Good but rarely came from good advice. -- Lord Byron
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. -- Friedrich Schiller
I rarely think in words at all. -- Albert Einstein
God is never late, but rarely early. -- Mother Teresa
Avarice is rarely the vice of youth ... -- Sophia Lee
Women rarely need the things they want -- Alessandra Torre
We rarely wrestle with apology and lose. -- John Kador
People rarely bring flowers to a suicide. -- Jennifer Niven
Sin rarely seems sin at first beginnings. -- J. C. Ryle
You rarely win, but sometimes you do. -- Harper Lee
I rarely find motive in bird vomit. -- Jack Hodgins
Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified. -- Brandon Sanderson
People that say I'm really sensitive rarely are. -- Dov Davidoff
Artists are rarely members of the popular crowd. -- Roger Ebert
Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society. -- James Fenimore Cooper
I've rarely met a shoe I didn't like. -- Danielle Steel
Having stopped expecting truth, we rarely get it. -- Erica Jong
Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do. -- Kitty Kelley
Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society. -- James Fenimore Cooper
Really great people rarely leave a healthy organization. -- Patrick Lencioni
If true, rarely beautiful. If beautiful, rarely true. -- Mark Twain
Art is rarely intelligible to the criminal classes. -- Oscar Wilde
Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure. -- Hilton Als
Generational bonds are easily formed and rarely broken. -- David Jeremiah
American diversity rarely applies to money and success. -- Suzanne Munshower
I've rarely met a miserable, self-pitying blind person. -- Rosemary Mahoney
Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach -- Helen Keller

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