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