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普鲁塔克：希腊罗马名人传·摘录 12
普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》· Plutarch's Lives · 领导 · 健康 · 决策 · 成长
The statutes prescribed by Numa for the vestals were these: that they should take a vow of virginity for the space of thirty years, the first ten of which they were to spend in learning their duties, the second ten in performing them, and the remaining ten in teaching and instructing others. Thus the whole term being completed, it was lawful for them to marry, and, leaving the sacred order, to choose any condition of life that pleased them; but this permission few, as they say, made use of; and in cases where they did so, it was observed that their change was not a happy one, but accompanied ever after with regret and melancholy; so that the greater number, from religious fears and scruples, forbore, and continued to old age and death in the strict observance of a single life.
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定位：Excerpt 12 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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努马为维斯塔贞女定下规矩：她们要发誓守贞三十年，头十年学习职责，第二个十年履行，最后十年教导别人。期满后可以结婚、离开圣职、选择任何生活；但据说很少有人用这许可，用了的人后来也不幸福，常伴悔恨忧郁，所以多数人因宗教顾虑而终身守贞到老死。
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普鲁塔克《努马传》记罗马王努马对维斯塔贞女的制度安排。
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