Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. - Ammianus Marcellinus

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The Voice of the River is a beautifully written, deeply inclusive and profoundly spirtual work of art. I am moved by its great genorosity above all, and its wisdom. It is a gift like no other.

Ammianus Marcellinus

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.

Deeds, Desire, Done, Impunity, Wicked

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No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.

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Attended, Danger, Truth, Truth Is

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