Rarely

Famous quotes containing the word rarely:

“We hug the earth,—how rarely we mount! Methinks we might elevate ourselves a little more. We might climb a tree, at least.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“... for the motives of acts
Are rarely the same
As their name, as their name....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive
Officiously to keep alive:
Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes of it:”
—Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)