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“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What does it mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Act the way that the people around you are acting. This phrase might come in handy when you’re traveling abroad notice that people do things differently than you’re used to.<\/p>\n

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Where does it come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Henry Porter, wrote a version very similar to the present day version of the proverb in his play\u00a0The Pleasant History of the Two Angry Women of Abington<\/em>, in 1599:<\/p>\n

Nay, I hope, as I have temperance to forbear drink, so have I patience to endure drink: Ile do as company dooth; for when a man doth to Rome come, he must do as there is done.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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