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Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.

Baron de Montesquieu
Rivers, Gentle, Carried Away
Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.415, Library of Alexandria
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.