"Organised brigandage has ceased to exist, but murder and highway robbery are still far too common in the less frequented districts. Travellers rarely suffer to-day, however. It is the wealthy inhabitants who run risks at the hand of the mafia, or lawless Sicilian."

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Source : Mrs. Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1904). “Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins”

Alec-Tweedie

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“[In mathematics] There are two kinds of mistakes. There are fatal mistakes that destroy a theory, but there are also contingent ones, which are useful in testing the stability of a theory.”
“We are not better than native born Americans, and of course not smarter. Weâ€™ve just been to the last stop of this bus.”
“Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.”
“There ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party 'cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory!”
“I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.”
“A European currency will lead to member-nations transferring their sovereignty over financial and wage policies as well as in monetary affairs... It is an illusion to think that States can hold on to their autonomy over taxation policies.”
“Culture is Anarchistic if it is alive at all.”

Source : Siva Vaidhyanathan (2005). “The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System”, p.83, Basic Books
“Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.”

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