Short English phrases: the most beautiful quotes with Italian translation

Often a few words are enough to express a thought or a concept that is important to us. It is precisely the shortest sentences that remain impressed on us and it may happen that we want to show how much those words are important to us, for example by putting them as a caption on an Instagram photo or by choosing them as the theme of our tattoos. Thus, we have selected the most beautiful short English phrases on happiness, love and many other themes, to be kept as a warning and exhortation in all moments of life!

Short aphorisms in English with translation about dreams

The theme of the dream always fascinates both because it projects us into a universe "parallel" to the one we live in and because it gives us new perspectives for the future. Dreaming is essential to change and be happy and that is why the quotes of the great authors and the phrases on this topic are so popular that they are chosen as an Instagram caption or Whatsapp status. Here are the most beautiful in English and Italian.

Every wall is a door.
Each wall is a door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't be afraid to dream big.
Don't be afraid to dream big.
Anonymous

Dream big and dare to fail.
Dream big and dare to fail.
Norman Vaughan

Dream as if you "ll live forever. Live as if you" ll die today.
Dream as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die today.
James Dean

Dream as if you’ll live forever.
Dream as if you were to live forever.
Anonymous

Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a daydream.
Aristotle

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.
Paul Valéry

Let your dreams take flight.
Let your dreams take flight.
Anonymous

If you can dream it, you can do it.
If you can dream it you can do it.
Walt Disney

Reality is wrong, dreams are for real.
Reality is illusory, only dreams are real.
Anonymous

When you cease to dream you cease to live.
When you stop dreaming, you stop living.
Malcolm Forbes

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.
A winner is a dreamer who has not given up.
Nelson Mandela

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The most beautiful quotes in English and Italian about life

There are many aphorisms about life and they reflect on it from multiple points of view. Some try to describe it, while others are real exhortations to live fully without wasting a single moment. Let's see the best short sentences in English with translation.

Life is a moment taken from eternity.
Life is a moment taken from eternity.
Eliza Cook

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West

No one here gets out alive.
Nobody will get out of here alive.
Jim Morrison

Live what you love.
Live what you love.
Jo Deurbrouck

Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.
Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.
Anonymous

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
To manage yourself, use your head; to manage others use your heart.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
Sometimes man is extraordinarily, passionately in love with suffering.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

What is past is prologue.
What has passed is a prologue.
William Shakespeare

Less is more.
Less is more.
Ludwig Mies

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
Søren Kierkegaard

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
If you respect all the rules, you are missing out on all the fun.
Katharine Hepburn

Action is the foundational key to all success.
Action is the fundamental key to all success.
Pablo Picasso

Begin anywhere.
Start somewhere.
John Cage

It is not length of life, but depth of life.
It is not the length of life, but the depth of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life's too short for regrets.
Life is too short for regrets.
Anonymous

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

We’re all mad here.
We're all mad here.
Lewis Carroll

Life is what we make of it.
Life is what we make of it.
Fernando Pessoa

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Short sentences in English with Italian translation about love and friendship

What is better in the world of love and friendship? These two feelings have long been treated by the authors of the present and the past and are the protagonists of many tattoos, posts and messages on social media, especially Instagram. Here are the best quotes on the topic!

If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.
If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.
Charles Bukowski

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Friendship is the only cement capable of holding the world together.
Woodrow T. Wilson

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
In the end, the love you receive is equal to the love you give.
The Beatles

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
Friends are the brothers that God has never given us.
Mencius

Where there is love there is life.
Where there is love there is life.
Mahatma Gandhi

Wanna whole lotta love.
I want a lot of love.
Led Zeppelin

No friendship is an accident.
No friendship is a coincidence.
O. Henry

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
George Sand

Distance means so little, when someone means so much.
Distance means so little when someone means so much.
Tom McNeal

Friends are the family you choose.
Friends are the family you choose.
Jess C. Scott

Find what you love and let it kill you.
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Charles Bukowski

All you need is love.
All you need is Love.
John Lennon

If a thing loves, it is infinite.
If one thing loves, it is infinite.
William Blake

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Aphorisms in English and Italian about happiness

There are countless works on what happiness is, but, in reality, the vision of what it really means to be happy and how it is possible to achieve this state - considered by many to be "impossible" - varies from person to person. Let's see the best quotes in English with translation precisely on the theme of happiness.

Never regret anything that made you smile.
Never regret what made you smile.
Mark Twain

Joy came always after pain.
Joy always comes after pain.
Guillaume Apollinaire

I would always rather be happy than dignified.
I prefer to be happy than dignified.
Charlotte Brontë

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
Thucydides

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are careful, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Be happy right now. This moment is your life.
Anonymous

The only joy in the world is to begin.
The only joy in the world is to begin.
Cesare Pavese

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Be happy for a moment - this is life.
Omar Khayyam

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Those who are happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi

If you want to be happy, be.
If you want to be happy, be happy.
Lev Tolstoy

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The most beautiful English phrases about courage and being yourself

Finally, both in the world of literature and philosophy and in the online one it is possible to find many phrases that encourage us to have courage, not to fear failure and that urge us to be ourselves in any situation. Here are the best!

Every moment is a fresh beginning.
Every moment is a new beginning.
T. S. Eliot

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Herman Melville

Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Believe you can do it and you will already be halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt

You are your only limit.
You are your only limit.
Anonymous

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
It is never too late to be what you wanted to be.
George Eliot

An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Prescott Bush

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
If your ship doesn't come, swim towards it.
Jonathan Winters

Do it with passion or not at all.
Do it with passion or don't do it at all.
Anonymous

I may be no better, but at least I am different.
I may not be better, but at least I'm different.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Change your thoughts and you will change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself.
The golden opportunity you are looking for is within you.
Orison Sweet Marden

Fate loves the fearless.
Destiny loves the fearless.
Anonymous

Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Samuel Beckett

Do one thing every day that scares you.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Do not wait. It will never be the right time.
Napoleon Hill

Great things never came from comfort zones.
Great things never come from comfort zones.
Anonymous

Make yourself proud.
Make yourself proud.
Peter W. Smith

Never, never, never give up.
Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill

If not us, who? If not now, when?
If not us, who? If not now, when?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy