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“By marrying to soon, many individuals sacrifice their chance to struggle through this purgatory of solitude and search toward a greater sense of self-confidence. They glance at the world outside the family and with hardly a second thought grasp anxiously for a partner. In marriage they seek a substitute for the security of the family of origin and an escape from aloneness. What they do not realize is that moving so quickly from one family to another, they make it easy to transfer to the new marriage all their difficult experiences in the family of origin.”

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Augustus, known as Octavian, was the first emperor of Rome, ruling for forty years. Born in 63 BC and died in August 14 AD, he was renowned for his political and military prowess. Augustus brought stability to Rome after the fall of the Roman Republic and laid the foundation for the Roman Empire. more

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