Are you looking for inspiration for your next trip to Italy? Or are you just searching for the perfect Instagram caption? Italy is a magnificent country, so it is sometimes hard to find the perfect words to describe it. If you feel that way, go through our selection of Charming quotes about Italy and the Italians. We are sure you will find at least a few of them handy.
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General quotes
We will start this article with a general one and then proceed to more specific themes.
Italy is a land of so many superlatives. Therefore, picking the best possible ones from the millions available is almost impossible. Our favorite is the one from Verdi. The rest we’ll leave up to you—enjoy the reading. Now, we can all look through our collection of charming quotes about Italy. Which one is your favorite? Please share your favorite ones in the comments below.
Note: If you love Italy, check out our article, Charming Apulia – Discover the beauty of one of Italy’s most overlooked regions.
You may have the universe if I may have Italy.
The Creator made Italy from designs by Michaelangelo.
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.
Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.
"Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There’s no looking at a building after seeing Italy."
"Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn’t have Rome. We wouldn’t have Florence. We wouldn’t have the marvel that is Venice".
If he knew, if he only knew that I was giving him every chance to put two and two together and come up with a number bigger than infinity.
“You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they sat, it's about the same two things." "What?" "Love and gelato.”
“Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts.”
“The name of Italy has magic in its very syllables.”
"One of our preffered things about Italians is how serious Italians take their coffee."
Quotes about eating in Italy
On Italian cuisine. Delicious. Right? Pretty much everybody likes it. His signature is an excellent flavor made with incredible simplicity. And that’s the real secret of its success. Who hasn’t eaten pizza, lasagne, pasta, or gelato? We are already curious. Raise your hands or write so in the comments below.
Let’s go through these sayings while eating your favorite pizza. Ultimately, you can freely copy and paste them on your profiles.
Do share with us what your favorite quote was and what your favorite Italian dish is.
“The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again.”
“Everything you see I owe to pasta.”
“I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It’s an older country, and they’ve learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it.”
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.”
“I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.”
Charming Proverbs in Italian About Food and Life
Yes, we are still talking about food.
Let’s imagine you are already in Italy or plan to go to Italy shortly. How do we spice up our conversations when talking to native Italian speakers? With a bit of Italian, of course. That’s why we have prepared a few sayings. Under each proverb or quote, you can find the meaning. Enjoy the reading.
Chi lavora mangia, chi non lavora, mangia, beve e dorme.
Literal Translation: He who works, eats. He who doesn’t work. Eats, drinks, and sleep.
Meaning: Work is just a way to earn money. The real joy in life is living. We work in order to enjoy our free time. For instance, we make love in the free time. We go to vacation in our free time. We eat a delicious dinner in our free time, do all sorts of hobbies, etc.
Troppe salse vivande false.
Literal Translation: Too much sauce means false food.
Meaning: Frilly, fancy cover-ups can do nothing to mask the bad. When it comes to both food and life in general, what seems good on the outside can mask badness on the inside.
A tavola non si invecchia.
Literal Translation: You don’t get old at the table.
Meaning: Enjoy life to the fullest. Pull up a chair, grab a plate of pasta and pour a glass of wine. Italians focus on the pleasures in life and when you’re at the table, life is at it’s finest.
Quotes about Italian culture
“In America, one must be something, but in Italy one can simply be.”
“Nothing except time is wasted in Italy.”
“The most stylish country in the world is Italy.”
“I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South.”
“If you can’t live longer, live deeper.”
“In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
“Italy is the last country where people savor the joy of living. It makes us believe it even when Italy herself has ceased to believe.”
On Italian Cities
We love Italian cities. They are ancient. They are chaotic. Above all, they are magical.
Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, and Naples are some of the most famous. Each has its unique history, culture, architecture, and cuisine. In this section, we concentrated on some of the more important ones. Hopefully, you’ll love it.
On Rome
An eternal city with grand baroque and Renaissance splendor as well one side and majestic Roman ruins on the other side has captivated humankind for centuries.
For instance, nearly 700,000 euros worth of coins are tossed into Rome’s Trevi Fountain yearly. Were you aware of this? If you can waste so much money on the fountains, you can enjoy the following quotations for a minute.
“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a marble city.” -Augustus
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“Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.”
“Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.”
“To Rome, for everything.”
“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.”
On Florence
“Have you heard of Stendhal syndrome, that supposed illness that causes sufferers to grow faint at the sight of great beauty? It also goes by the name “Florence syndrome,” first coined after 19th-century visitors to Florence were overcome.”
“In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence, you learn poise.”
“When I walk up the piazza of Santa Croce I feel as if it were not a Florentine nor an European church but a church built by and for the human race.”
“To see the sun sink down, drowned on his pink and purple and golden floods, and overwhelm Florence with tides of color that make all the sharp lines dim and faint and turn the solid city to a city of dreams, is a sight to stir the coldest nature, and make a sympathetic one drunk with ecstasy.”
On Venice
We’ll start this section with another quote.
“To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but building one of the most elegant and grandest cities is the madness of genius.” Alexander Herzen
Venice is unique indeed. However, it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. We are sure you will not leave it indifferent when visiting it.
“Venice, it’s temples and palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven.”
“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”
“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.”
“Tonight I watched the sun set at Ponte Vecchio. I think its safe to say I have finally found the place that feels right to me. I just can't believe I had to come halfway across the world to find it.”
‘Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water.’
Quotes On Other Italian Cities
So many magnificent towns and so little time. Waste it to travel to Italy. We are namely sure you will not regret it.
Here are a few quotes for your inspiration.
“See Naples and die” but I say, see Naples and live; for there seems a great deal worth living for.”
"In Paris, choosing a dress is a monumental decision. In Milan, it’s a kick."
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Italy quotes for Instagram.
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“I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians.”
One doesn’t come to Italy for niceness,” was the retort; “one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno!”
“Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.”
Italians know that what matters is style, not fashion. Italian style does not have social or age boundaries.”
“Open my heart and you will see Graved inside of it, “Italy”
“All of my youth growing up in my Italian family was focused around the table. That’s where I learned about love.”
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