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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Rarity

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Juvenal.

Rarity gives a charm: thus early fruits are most esteemed; thus winter roses obtain a higher price; thus coyness sets off an extravagant mistress; a door ever open attracts no young suitor.

Martial.