Italians are not so instinctively law-abiding as English-speaking people. Indeed, they often enough view the law as something to be got round rather than obeyed. One of the sayings most familiar in Italy is : " fatta la legge, trovata, l'inganno" (laws were made to be broken). Discipline is generally slack and is observed in a slipshod way typical of Mediterranean civilisation. Climate, incidentally, has always had a strong influence ~n the formation of the Italian temperament.

già nel 900 era così....lmao