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...personality the Sardinian is grave and dignified, chivalrous and hospitable. Unfortunately he is nearly always poor and generally illiterate. Luxury to him means a tummy replete with porchettu, or sucking pig roasted upon a spit. Between piglets he subsists upon a diet featuring frue (sour milk) and a sweet fresh cheese. Hardy, he is apt not to notice fleas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Dagger Falls | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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