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<blockquote data-quote="Glaucon" data-source="post: 1251467" data-attributes="member: 6518">Everything is happening happened already, and will happen again, as human nature do not change:In his Roman History, Cassius Dio wrote of Emperor Augustus separating the Roman aristocracy into married men and unmarried men.&nbsp; The married men were “much fewer in number.”&nbsp; Augustus praised the married men for following the examples of their fathers and perpetuating their class.&nbsp; Augustus demeaned the unmarried men:O — what shall I call you? Men? But you are not performing any of the offices of men. Citizens? But for all that you are doing, the city is perishing. Romans? But you are undertaking to blot out this name altogether.Augustus described unmarried men as worse than murders and robbers.&nbsp; Unmarried men, according to Augustus, were immoral beasts:You talk, indeed, about this ‘free’ and ‘untrammelled’ life that you have adopted, without wives and without children; but you are not a whit better than brigands or the most savage of beasts. For surely it is not your delight in a solitary existence that leads you to live without wives, nor is there one of you who either eats alone or sleeps alone; no, what you want is to have full liberty for wantonness and licentiousness. [6]<a href="https://www.purplemotes.net/2014/06/08/men-reluctant-marry/" target="_blank">https://www.purplemotes.net/2014/06/08/men-reluctant-marry/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glaucon, post: 1251467, member: 6518"] Everything is happening happened already, and will happen again, as human nature do not change: [i]In his Roman History, Cassius Dio wrote of Emperor Augustus separating the Roman aristocracy into married men and unmarried men. The married men were “much fewer in number.” Augustus praised the married men for following the examples of their fathers and perpetuating their class. Augustus demeaned the unmarried men: O — what shall I call you? Men? But you are not performing any of the offices of men. Citizens? But for all that you are doing, the city is perishing. Romans? But you are undertaking to blot out this name altogether. Augustus described unmarried men as worse than murders and robbers. Unmarried men, according to Augustus, were immoral beasts: You talk, indeed, about this ‘free’ and ‘untrammelled’ life that you have adopted, without wives and without children; but you are not a whit better than brigands or the most savage of beasts. For surely it is not your delight in a solitary existence that leads you to live without wives, nor is there one of you who either eats alone or sleeps alone; no, what you want is to have full liberty for wantonness and licentiousness. [6][/i] [url=https://www.purplemotes.net/2014/06/08/men-reluctant-marry/]https://www.purplemotes.net/2014/06/08/men-reluctant-marry/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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