(noun) A scarce or uncommon item.
"I'm so private that my own family rarely knows me."
"Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger."
"The true things rarely get into circulation. It’s usually the false things."
"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."
"We are rarely proud when we are alone."
"Love is rare, love is strange, nothing lasts and people change."
"Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule."
"The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorns."
"The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all."
"A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred."