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248: He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.

249: Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

250: No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

251: A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

252: You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

253: The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea,

254: and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.

255: Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

256: If others had not been foolish, we should be so.

257: Dip him in the river who loves water.

258: The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow.

259: Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.