Charming quotes on Sardinia

In connection with our articles about Sardinia, we have decided to post a collection of Charming Quotes about Sardinia. We hope you will find them helpful.

Mesmerizing Cala Mariolu beach

Are you traveling to Sardinia? Great! It’s the perfect destination to explore – and we guarantee you will love it.

But don’t be fooled into thinking you already know everything about it. Sardinia is unlike anything you’ve ever imagined. This enchanting land holds many secrets, and you’ll need someone with local knowledge to uncover all its hidden gems.

Luckily for you, we’re here to help. We’ll share some of the most typical quotes about Sardinia to inspire your wanderlust or use as the perfect captions for your Instagram photos.

So keep reading to discover everything you need to know before embarking on your journey to Sardinia.

Our List of Charming Quotes on Sardinia

Some traditional Sardinian proverbs

It is easiest to learn from another man’s damage.

Meaning/English equivalent:

Wise men learn from other men’s mistakes, fools by their own.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Meaning:

Bad company is infectious, just as bad habits are.

A swallow does not make a summer.

Meaning:

The appearance of a single sign of a favorable event is not yet a definite indication of its coming. It may be an unrelated, sporadic appearance.

Eagles don’t catch flies.

Meaning:

People of high rank are considered – or consider themselves – too important to deal with trivial things or lowly folk.

If you sleep in youth, you will cry during old age.

Meaning:

People who are lazy and don’t work when they are young will have a miserable life in old age.

Who comes from the sea steals?

Meaning:

It’s an old proverb from the medieval age when pirates ruled the sea.

 

The finest quotes on Sardinia

There is not in Italy what there is in Sardinia, nor Sardinia what there is in Italy.

Francesco Cetti

People inevitably think of themselves as Sardinian first and Italian second (sometimes even third, after European). A book written once about Sardinia was entitled The Unconquered Island, and it’s true. Invaded and exploited, it has been, yes, but not conquered.

Sardinia – Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls, Cadogan Guide (2003)

As a race, Sardinians are prone to a very Latin, almost Celtic wistfulness and melancholy.

Sardinia – Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls, Cadogan Guide (2003)

“A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.”

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

La Pelosa beach in Stintino

Bread means a great deal to an Italian: it is verily his staff of life.

D.H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia

 

Lemon trees, like Italians, seem to be happiest when they are touching one another.

D.H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia

This land resembles no other place. Sardinia is something else. Enchanting spaces and distances to travel finished, nothing definitive. It is like freedom itself.

D.H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia

Sardinia is out of time and history.

D.H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia

Quotations about the Sardinian beaches

Since Sardinia is well-known for its magnetic beaches, we will reveal some charming quotes about the beautiful beaches, which you can use as a caption under your Instagram photo.

“You all want to know what my dream is? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover.”

Michelle Bachelet

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”

Isak Dinesen

“When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can’t say in real life.”

Jenny Han

“Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.”

Hermann Broch

Once it casts its spell, the sea forever holds one in its net of wonder.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Castelsardo

To escape and sit quietly on the beach — that’s my idea of paradise.

Emilia Wickstead

La Pelosa beach in Stintino

We have reached the end of our article, and we hope you have enjoyed it. Lastly, if you have any additional quotes, please share them with us in the comments below.

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