The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for May 3 to 9,
1992.  "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
Alan Wright.  Compilation copyright 1992 by same.  All Wright's rights
reserved.  These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
notice is retained.  Many suitcases look alike.  --:Dave
                                         
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   Most people would rather die than think; many do.  --Bertrand Russell
                                
   Hip tip:  Recycled bubble wrap makes an interesting and effective scarf
and rain bonnet.  --Kenny Be cartoon
                          
   When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
      --Roger W. Babson
                    
   Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the
darkness, and falls, as a golden link, into the great chain of order.
   --Edwin Hubbel Chapin
              
   Every crowd has a silver lining.  --P.T. Barnum
               
   The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak
becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.  --Thomas Carlyle
          
   Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.  --Josephus Daniels
          
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   The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for May 10 to 16,
1992.  "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
Alan Wright.  Compilation copyright 1992 by same.  All Wright's rights
reserved.  These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
notice is retained.  CT residents add sales tax.  --:Dave
                                             
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   I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.  --Calvin Coolidge
                                   
   If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing
be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.  --William Arnot
                             
   Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain.  --Theodore Parker
                       
   ...What do you do when you're about to leave a restaurant and you notice
that the other side of the "OPEN" sign you observed when entering now tells
you that the outside world is "CLOSED"?  --David Bratman
                 
   Studies show that four out of five people think the fifth one is an
idiot.  --Kevin Nealon
           
   You lift the rock labeled Free Will, and lots of wriggly things crawl
out.  --Brenda Clough
      
   I want to drive a Volkswagon Quantum so I can find myself a Quantum
mechanic.  --Jeff Harrell
         
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   The following are the "Rare Gems (sm)" selections for May 17 to 23,
1992.  "Rare Gems" is a service mark (sm) of Rare Breed Noninc. and David
Alan Wright.  Compilation copyright 1992 by same.  All Wright's rights
reserved.  These collections may be distributed freely as long as this
notice is retained.  Contains a substantial amount of non-tobacco
ingredients.  --:Dave
                                      
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   Nice outfit, Rubella.  Didn't it come in your size?
      --Babs Bunny, "Tiny Toons Adventures" show
                             
   To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil,
you're overdoing it.  --Josh Jenkins
                         
   All modern men are descended from a worm-like creature, but it shows more
on some people.  --Will Cuppy
                    
   I think Jimmy Hoffa was abducted by aliens -- Sicilian thugs with green
cards.  --:Dave Wright
                   
   The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former
eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.
   --Sir Walter Raleigh
               
   Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor.
      --John Ciardi
          
   Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.  --Antisthenes