{"id":10736,"date":"2014-09-03T12:23:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.customink.com\/?p=10736"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:17:32","slug":"italian-sayings-and-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/italian-sayings-and-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Italian Sayings, Phrases, and Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on January 30th, 2026 at 03:17 pm<\/p>--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Italian Sayings and Quotes Photo\" width=\"660\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-500x525.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-400x420.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-250x263.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-200x210.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-100x105.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-76x80.jpg 76w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/italian-sayings-photo-50x53.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><br \/>\nAre you looking for a quote, phrase, or saying in Italian? We&#8217;ve compiled a list of many famous ones from poets, proverbs, actors, and even those used by Italians and Italian-Americans in every day speech. And we&#8217;ve included both the Italian and English versions for you as well. Feel free to use them on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/products\/t-shirts\/4\">custom t-shirt<\/a> in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/ndx\">t-shirt designer<\/a> tool!<\/p>\n<h3><u>Italian Phrases &amp; Sayings and Their English Translations<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>A caval donato non si guarda in bocca. &#8211; Don&#8217;t look a gift horse in the mouth.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A chi fa male, mai mancano scuse. &#8211; He who does evil, is never short of an excuse.<\/p>\n<p>Aiutati che Dio t&#8217;aiuta. &#8211; Help yourself and God will help you.<\/p>\n<p>Belle parole non pascon i gatti. &#8211; Fine words don&#8217;t feed cats.<\/p>\n<p>Chi dorme non piglia pesci &#8211; Those who sleep don&#8217;t catch any fish.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando l&#8217;amico chiede, non v&#8217;\u00e8 domani. &#8211; When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Il dolce far niente. &#8211; It is sweet doing nothing.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;amore \u00e8 cieco \u2013 Love is blind.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;amore vince sempre &#8211; Love conquers all.<\/p>\n<p>La vita \u00e8 un sogno &#8211; Life is a dream.<\/p>\n<p>La semplicit\u00e0 \u00e8 l&#8217;ultima sofisticazione &#8211; Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.<br \/>\n-Leonardo Da Vinci<\/p>\n<p>Mangia bene, ridi spesso, ama molto. &#8211; Eat well, laugh often, love much.<\/p>\n<p>Noi non potemo avere perfetta vita senza amici &#8211; We cannot have a perfect life without friends.<br \/>\n-Dante<\/p>\n<p>Non puoi insegnare niente a un uomo. Puoi solo aiutarlo a scoprire ci\u00f2 che ha dentro di s\u00e9 &#8211; You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help find it within himself.<br \/>\n-Galileo Galilei<\/p>\n<p>Nulla nuova, buona nuova. &#8211; No news is good news.<\/p>\n<p>Quando finisce la partita il re ed il pedone finiscono nella stessa scatola. -When you finish the game, the king and pawn end up in the same box.<\/p>\n<p>Se non hai mai pianto, i tuoi occhi non possono essere belli. &#8211; If you haven&#8217;t cried, your eyes can&#8217;t be beautiful.<br \/>\n-Sophia Loren<\/p>\n<p>Una cena senza vino e come un giorno senza sole &#8211; A meal without wine is a day without sunshine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"sb-Btn blog-trackable-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/ndx\/?KW=italy&amp;PK=116800&amp;SK=116800#\/searchArt\/'italy'\">Design Your Own Italian T-shirts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for a quote, phrase, or saying in Italian? 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