Quando un uomo muore... (When a man dies...)

 

When a man dies,

a chapter is not torn from the book, 

but is translated into a better language.

(John Donne)

 

It is much more prudent

to speak ill of everyone until, of course, 

one finds that a person is good,

but nowadays this requires an endless series of investigations.

(Oscar Wilde) 

 

Il valore della leggenda... (The value of the legend...)

 

 The main value of the legend

is to mix the centuries 

while preserving the feeling

(Gilbert Keith Chesterton) 

 

 

 A hidden truth is painless; 

why stir up a storm, 

if we have the comfort of quiet?

(Francesca Ceccherini) 

 

Gli uccelli nelle caverne non cantano mai... (Birds in caves never sing...)

 

Birds never sing in caves, 

but neither do men sing there. 

(Henry David Thoreau) 

 

He who opens a school door, 

closes a prison. 

(Victor Hugo) 

Due cose durature... (Two lasting things...)

 

There are two lasting things

we can leave as a legacy to our children: 

roots and wings. 

(William Hodding Carter II) 

Un vincitore è... (A winner is...)

 

 A winner is simply a dreamer

 who never gave up.

(Nelson Mandela) 

L'amore vero è una storia... (True love is a story...)

 

 True love is a story, 

romantic love is the dream of a story.

(Alessandro D'Avenia) 

You can choose.  

To live or to die.  

Every breath is a choice.  

Every minute is a choice.  

To be or not to be.

(Chuck Palahniuk) 

Il vero amore non è né fisico né romantico... (True love is neither physical nor romantic...)

 

True love is neither physical nor romantic, 

true love is the acceptance of all that is, 

has been, will be, and will not be.

(Khalil Gibran) 

 

Love is the origin, the cause, 

and the purpose of all that is great, 

noble, and beautiful. 

(Alphonse Karr)