265.Before the discoveries, it was believed that Sichuan only had a history of about 2,300 years.

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264.　 Next to them lay a cushion stone, upon which the man could work metal.

263.　 Mercy brings good.

262.　 This is a most troublesome case.

261.　 It happens everywhere around the world.

260.　 What makes a play a masterpiece is that the ideas behind the play are about problems which are still important to people of different ages in modern times.

259.　 You might as well go stand upon the beach and argue with the sea.

258.　 It is useless trying to argue with Shylock.

257.　　　　 To be or not to be, that is the question.

256.　 Now that we are developing new technology at such a high pace, the true challenge is to find new ways of using it.