Rara est adeo concordia formæ / Atque pudicitiæ—So rare is the union of beauty with modesty. Juv.
Rara fides pietasque viris qui castra sequuntur—Faith and piety are rare among the men who follow the camp. Lucan.
Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quæ 5 velis, et quæ sentias dicere licet—Such was the happiness of the times, that you might think as you chose and speak as you thought. Tac.
Rare benevolence, the minister of God. Carlyle.
Rari nantes in gurgite vasto—Swimming one here and another there in the vast abyss. Virg.
Rari quippe boni; numero vix sunt totidem quot / Thebarum portæ, vel divitis ostia Nili—Rare indeed are the good; in number they are scarcely as many as the gates of Thebes or the mouths of the fertile Nile. Juv.
Rarity imparts a charm; thus early fruits and winter roses are most prized; thus coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while a door ever open tempts no suitor. Mart.
Rarity / Of Christian charity / Under the sun. 10 T. Hood.
Raro antecedentem scelestum / Deseruit pede pœna claudo—Rarely does punishment, with halting foot, fail to overtake the criminal in his flight. Hor.
Raro sermo illis, et magna libido tacendi—They seldom speak, and have a great conceit of holding their tongues. Juv.