In the American Mafia, a made man is a fully initiated member of the Mafia. Other common names for members include man of honor, goodfella and wiseguy, though these can also apply to non-members who work closely with the Mafia. In Sicily, the proper term for a member of the Sicilian Mafia is man of honor. Mafioso is a common term used by the press and academics, but is not used by members themselves.
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“If God bestowed immortality on every man then when he made him, and he made many to whom he never purposed to give his saving grace, what did his Lordship think that God gave any man immortality with purpose only to make him capable of immortal torments? It is a hard saying, and I think cannot piously be believed. I am sure it can never be proved by the canonical Scripture.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)