Frasi e Citazioni inglesi

Frasi e Citazioni inglesi con traduzione | pagina 20

“Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”

“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.”

“Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.”
Sii te stesso. Chiunque altro è già occupato.

“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”

“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”

“Technology [is] the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.”

“Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?”

“Religion is like a pair of shoes….. Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.”

“But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.”

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

“Nobody likes a clown at midnight”

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
Le persone crescono attraverso l'esperienza se vanno verso la vita onestamente e coraggiosamente. É così che si costruisce il carattere.

“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.”

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”
Più conosco il mondo, più sono convinta che non vedrò mai un uomo che possa amare davvero. Pretendo così tanto!

“Life's too short to pretend and play games like that. I want to spend my time hanging out with people who make me feel good about myself. People who make me happy.”

“Think globally, act locally.”

“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.”

“He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.”

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.”
Leggi, ogni giorno, qualcosa che nessun altro sta leggendo. Pensa, ogni giorno, a qualcosa che nessun altro sta pensando. Fai, ogni giorno, qualcosa che nessun altro sarebbe abbastanza stupido da fare. È male per la mente essere sempre parte dell'unanimità.

“Number rules the universe.”

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Non ci vuole niente a scrivere. Tutto quello che devi fare è sederti ad una macchina da scrivere e iniziare a sanguinare.

“Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.”

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”

“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

“There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
Il paradiso è sotto i nostri piedi così come sopra le nostre teste.

“Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.”

“There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.”

“Through the unknown, we'll find the new.”

“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.”

“Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.”

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
L'uomo che non cambia mai parere è come l'acqua stagnante, e alleva i rettili della mente.

“Memory was supposed to fill the time, but it made time a hole to be filled.”

“Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.”

“Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”

“All right, then, I'll go to hell.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

“There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.”

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”

“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”

“Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.”

“There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.”

“The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.”

“The heart will break, but broken live on.”
Il cuore si infrangerà, ma infranto vivrà.

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”

“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.”

“The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.”

“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”
Non prestare attenzione a ciò che scrivono su di te. Limitati a misurarlo in pollici.

“The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.”

“Why I'm Not Where You Are”

“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.”

“Black holes are where God divided by zero.”

“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
A volte lasciare andare le cose è un atto di gran lunga più potente che difendersi o resistere.

“It wasn’t in books. It wasn’t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.”

“When you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

“True friends stab you in the front”
I veri amici ti pugnalano al petto.

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.”

“Love is blind. Friendship closes its eyes.”

“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”

“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.”

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
Il tatto è la capacità di dire a qualcuno di andare all'inferno in modo tale che non vedano l'ora che arrivi il viaggio.

“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“Business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another one coming.”

“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
L'erba è la guarigione di una nazione, l'alcol è la sua distruzione.

“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.”
Il talento è dato da Dio. Sii umile. La fama è data dall'uomo. Sii riconoscente. La presunzione è data da te stesso. Sii prudente.

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
Voler essere qualcun altro è uno spreco della persona che sei.

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”

“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”

“Who, being loved, is poor?”
Chi, essendo amato, è povero?

“I don't have to have faith, I have experience.”

“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

“Once you label me you negate me.”

“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.”

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.”

“The beginning is always today.”
L'inizio è sempre oggi.

“So much technology, so little talent.”

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
Sogna sempre e spara più in alto di quanto sai di poter fare. Non preoccuparti solo di essere migliore dei tuoi contemporanei o predecessori. Cerca di essere migliore di te stesso.

“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.”

“I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers… this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted.”

“… the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.”

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”

“Intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac”

“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”

“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”

“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Una bugia può viaggiare per mezzo mondo mentre la verità si mette le scarpe.