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Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the...

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

Quote by Richard Bach about family

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Quote by William Penn about promise

To live your life is something very rarely.

To live your life is something very rarely.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about life

Truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about truth

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited;...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about talent, lie, genius, action, imagination, reason, being

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely...

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Quote by Douglas Adams about ancestors, people, proudness

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often...

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about aptitude, genius, imagination, reason

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Quote by Albert Camus about goodnes

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely...

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.

Quote by Orson Scott about mind

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

Quote by Julie Christie about suffering, happiness, world

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Quote by Winston Churchill about peace, war, good, good luck

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely...

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Quote by Charles Dickens about money

I very rarely have had a complete sort of confrontation....

I very rarely have had a complete sort of confrontation. I just think you've got to have a very true collaboration.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd...

I rarely do masks because, if I have any extra time, I'd rather spend it with my friends than on myself.

Quote by Eva Herzigova about time

Communitarians are typically much more cautious, but...

Communitarians are typically much more cautious, but despite a lot of talk they rarely tell us much about what our common good might be.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about common sense, good, good luck

Yes, I have a very wide selection, but nowadays if I buy...

Yes, I have a very wide selection, but nowadays if I buy a record I very rarely venture into unknown territory.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about commerce

You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.

You rarely pay the rent by doing Shakespeare or Ibsen.

Quote by Mandy Patinkin

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they...

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

Quote by Dale Carnegie about nation, people

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about poetry, feelings, time, being

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a...

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Quote by Edna Ferber about literature, writers

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