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“In Rome, instead, it is clear: people know that most of the time they can get away, not with murder, of course, but with many other misdemeanors. The result? Ignoring the rules has become a quasi national habit.”

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Book:My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

Source: My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

“In Italy, most laws are honored more in the breach than the observance. “Fatta la legge, trovato l’inganno”, goes one saying that means, “pass a law and we’ll find a way to get around it”. You don’t have to spend much time in Rome to realize that stop signs, and even red lights, are often disregarded, as are those reading “no parking or standing”, and even “one way”.”

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Book:My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

Source: My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

“Absenteeism runs rife, with too many unethical doctors willing to supply fake illness certificates. "My dentist was flummoxed when he was asked by a Finanza major to provide his wife with a (false) certificate claiming he’d been performing oral surgery on her on a day she had skipped work. But he did it. “What else could I do? I mean, I might need the guy for a favor sometime.”

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Book:My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City

Source: My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City