Nowadays, a person cannot live without English, because it is everywhere: music, cinema, the Internet, video games, even inscriptions on T-shirts. If you are looking for an interesting quote or just a beautiful phrase, then this article is just for you. From it you will learn famous movie quotes, useful colloquial expressions and simply beautiful phrases in English (with translation).
About love
This feeling inspires artists, musicians, poets, writers, directors and other representatives of the creative world. How many wonderful works are dedicated to love! For centuries, people have tried to find the most accurate formulations that would reflect the essence of this spiritualizing feeling. There are poetic, philosophical and even humorous phrases. A lot has been written and said about love in English, let’s try to collect the most interesting examples.
Love is blind. - Love is blind.
It is difficult to argue with this statement, but there is another that can better clarify the idea expressed.
Love isn’t blind, it just sees what matters. - Love is not blind, it only sees what is really important.
The next aphorism continues the same theme. It is originally in French, but is presented here in English. These beautiful and precise words belong to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Only the heart is vigilant. You can't see the main thing with your eyes.
Another beautiful saying characterizes not only the feeling itself, but also loving people.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. - To fall in love does not mean to find, but to learn to accept the imperfect.
And finally, let’s give a humorous one. However, it contains a rather serious meaning.
Love me, love my dog (literal translation: if you love me, love my dog too). - If you love me, then you will love everything connected with me.
Movie buffs
People who love watching films will certainly be interested in quotes from popular American films of different times. There are interesting and even very beautiful phrases there. In English with translation you can find a list of the hundred most famous movie quotes. It was compiled by leading American critics 10 years ago. The first place in it is occupied by the words spoken in the scene of the breakup of the main characters of the film “Gone with the Wind”: Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. “Honestly, my dear, I don’t care.”
The list also includes many other recognizable quotes from classic films. Some of these films are quite old, filmed in the mid-twentieth century. Phrases from them are now usually used in a humorous capacity.
No less popular are quotes from other famous American films made relatively recently, from the 80s to the 2000s. Those of them that were especially loved by the audience became sources of wonderful quotes.
To better understand humor in a foreign language, it is good to know at least some famous quotes from film classics, since they are familiar to the English-speaking population of the world in the same way that residents of the CIS are familiar with phrases from Soviet films.
For tattoos
What phrases can you use? For example, summarizing life experience. This tattoo is suitable for a person who has recently experienced a difficult situation, but managed to learn a lesson from his troubles.
You can also get tattoos of words that will inspire you. By applying such a pattern to your skin, you will, as it were, “recharge” with the energy that words that are important to you carry.
When choosing a tattoo with an inscription, it is important to find one that you want to wear on your skin always. The good thing about the English language is that you can choose a saying that will contain a minimum of letters and words, but a maximum of meaning. For a text tattoo, this is the perfect formula.
On a T-shirt
The inscriptions on clothes look very interesting. You can pick up something suitable in the store, but if you want real originality, then it is better to choose a personal motto for yourself, and then order such an inscription on a T-shirt. Beautiful phrases in English are well suited for this purpose. Choose any one or come up with your own, and sample options are presented below.
- Music is my language (Music is my language).
- I always get what I want (I always get what I want).
- Forever young (Forever young).
- Follow your heart (Follow your heart).
- Now or never (Now or never).
- Don’t judge me by my clothes (Don’t judge me by my clothes, don’t meet me by my clothes).
- I love chocolate (I love chocolate). Instead of chocolate there can be any other words: music - music, tea - tea, etc.
To status
For social networks, you can also use beautiful phrases in English. You don’t have to place them together with the translation: those who know the language will understand this way, and those who don’t know can ask you. This question may well begin acquaintance and communication. Which English phrases are good for status on a social network? First of all, those that will reflect the current attitude of the owner or hostess of the page. In the list below you will find phrases with both life-affirming meaning and those suitable for a bad mood.
Communication
If you are learning English, you have the opportunity to practice your skills through communication in special chats, forums, and also on social networks. To make the conversation easier and more natural, it is useful to remember at least a few. You can always have a list on hand and read it periodically.
Useful conversational phrases in English can vary - from the simplest, accepted in informal and friendly communication, to ornate polite formulas that are good to use in a conversation with a stranger or unfamiliar person.
Below are examples of some colloquial clichés. The first group consists of those that allow you to thank your interlocutor or respond to gratitude.
Another group is phrases that allow you to calm and support a person during a conversation.
The following selection of expressions can be used to express polite refusal or agreement with the proposal (invitation) of a communication partner.
And the last small list of phrases allows you to ask your interlocutor questions to clarify a particular situation, find out the latest news, etc.
This article presented well-known, useful and simply beautiful phrases in English with translation. They will help you better understand humor, express your thoughts and enjoy communication in a foreign language.
When becoming interested in a foreign language, it is useful to pay attention not only to grammatical rules and lexical units: it is also important to realize the beauty of the sound of speech. Famous quotes, common aphorisms and simply beautiful phrases in English with translation into Russian especially show linguistic uniqueness and originality. We will consider examples of such expressions in today’s material. In the article you will find philosophical sayings about life, romantic phrases about love and relationships, popular quotes from songs, books and films, as well as simply short English expressions with meaning.
The most important feeling, about which there are many apt expressions and entire creative works, is, of course, love. In this section, we will look at popular phrases about love in English and find out how romantic the British express their feelings and emotions. A lot of words have been said about the most beautiful feeling on earth, so we have divided all expressions into two categories: aphorisms and quotes about love in English.
Romantic aphorisms and expressions
- The spaces between your fingers were created so that another’s could fill them in. “The space between the fingers exists to be filled by the lover’s hand.”
- One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. “One word frees us from the burden of life’s hardships and pain: and that word is love.”
- Love - as a war. It is easy to begin; it is difficult to finish; it is impossible to forget! - Love is like war. It is also easy to start, it is also difficult to finish, and it can never be forgotten.
- Love is not blind; it just sees what matters. — Love is not blind: it only sees what really matters .
- The best thing in our life is love. — The best thing in our life is love.
- Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. — Love is the triumph of the imaginary over the real.
- My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I’m with you does the pain go away. — My heart hurts constantly: every hour and every day. And only when I'm with you, the pain goes away.
- Love is not finding someone to live with: it’s finding someone you can’t live without. — Love is not a search for someone with whom to live. This is a search for someone without whom it is impossible to live.
- It is better to have loved and lost, than not to have loved at all. “It’s better to love and lose than not to love at all.”
- We hate the ones we love because they can cause the deepest suffering. “We hate our loved ones because they have the power to hurt us more deeply than others.”
- People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.”
Quotes from songs, books, films about love
Here we will recall words from famous creative works about love in English with translations of quotes into Russian.
Perhaps the most famous movie-song quote is the chorus performed by Whitney Houston from the famous film “The Bodyguard.”
No less famous is the chorus of the hit by the Liverpool four boys, dedicated to the lost happiness of yesterday.
- All you need is love - All you need is love.
Among the works of writers there are also popular quotes of a love nature. For example, such a sweet and childishly naive book about the Little Prince (author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) in translation gave the English-speaking world the following aphorism:
- To love is not to look at one another, but to look together in the same direction. - To love is not to look at each other, but to direct your gaze in one direction.
A widely known excerpt from the novel “Lolita”, written by the famous Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov.
- It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight. “It was love at first sight, and at last sight—for all eternity.”
Of course, we can’t do without a truly English classic: William, ours, Shakespeare. One of the most famous quotes from his pen is a line from the comedy play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- The course of true love never did run smooth. “There are no smooth roads to true love.”
Let's not forget about cinema. Let's look at lines from movies that have turned into famous phrases about love in English, working with their translation into Russian.
The statement of the hero from the classic American film “Love Story” has received wide recognition.
- Love means never having to say you’re sorry - To love means never to force an apology.
Another famous quote is from the more modern film City of Angels.
- I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. “I would rather smell her hair just once, kiss her lips just once, touch her hand just once, than be without her for an eternity.”
A very touching dialogue about feelings is spoken by the hero from the film “Good Will Hunting.” Here's a full excerpt.
People call these things imperfections, but they’re not - aw that’s the good stuff. And then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds. You're not perfect, sport. And let me save you the suspension. This girl you met, she isn’t perfect either. But the question is: whether or not you’re perfect for each other. That's the whole deal. That's what intimacy is all about.
People call these things bad, but they're not - they're great things. And then we use them to choose those whom we let into our little strange worlds. You are not perfect. And let me speak frankly. The girl you met is not perfect either. But the whole question is: are you ideal for each other or not. That's the whole point. That's what intimacy is.
English phrases-reflections on life
In this category, various remarks with meaning will be given, one way or another related to the philosophy of life. Let's learn these beautiful phrases in English and work with the translation into Russian.
- Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. — A person is least sincere when he speaks openly about himself. Give him the mask and he will tell you the truth.
- Failure does not mean I’m a failure. It does mean I have not yet succeeded. — Failure is not a stigma that I am a loser. It's just a sign that I haven't reached my goal yet.
- Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. — Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not very sure about the universe yet.
- Success is not in what you have, but who you are. “Success is not what you have: it’s who you are.”
- Do not squander time – this is stuff life is made of. - Don't waste time - this is the thing life is made of.
- Be careful with your thoughts – they are the beginning of deeds. - Be careful with your thoughts, because actions begin with them.
- Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. — Life is lessons of success that must be lived to understand them.
- Remember that the most dangerous prison is the one in your head. - Remember that the most dangerous prison is in your head.
- The inevitable price we pay for our happiness is eternal fear to lose it. — The inevitable price we pay for our happiness is the eternal fear of losing it.
- Not the power to remember, but it’s very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. “It is not the ability to remember, but its opposite, the ability to forget, that is a prerequisite for our existence.
- The memory warms you up inside, but it also breaks your soul apart. “Memory not only warms you from the inside, but also tears your soul apart.
- Stretching his hand out to catch the stars, he forgets the flowers at his feet. — Stretching out his hands to the stars, a person forgets about the flowers that bloomed at his feet.
- When you start thinking a lot about your past, it becomes your present and you can’t see your future without it. - When you start to think a lot about the past, it becomes your present, behind which you can no longer see any future.
- For the world you may be just one person, but for one person you may be the whole world! - For the world you are just one of many, but for someone you are the whole world!
- I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. “I learned that cruelty is a sign of those who are weak.” Nobility can only be expected from truly strong people.
Short beautiful phrases in English with translation
Brevity is the sister of talent, so cool, and most importantly, small, beautiful phrases in English with Russian translation will be presented here.
- Everyone has one's own path. - Everyone has their own path.
- I'll get everything I want. - I will get everything I want.
- Remember who you are. - Remember who you are.
- A life is a moment. - Life is a moment.
- Destroy what destroys you. - Destroy what destroys you.
- Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Fall seven times, but get up eight.
- Never stop dreaming. - Never stop dreaming.
- Respect the past, create the future! - Respect the past - create the future!
- Live without regrets. - Live without regrets.
- Never look back. - Never look back.
- Nobody's perfect, but me. - Nobody is perfect except me.
- While I’m breathing - I love and believe. - As long as I breathe, I love and believe.
- Let it be. - So be it.
- Wait and see. - Wait and see.
- Money often costs too much. — Money often costs too much.
- I shall not live in vain. - I will not live in vain.
- My life – my rules. - My life my rules.
- Everything you can imagine is real. “Everything you can imagine is real.”
- A snake lurks in the grass. — The snake is hiding in the grass.
- No gain without pain. - There is no effort without pain.
- Behind the cloud, the sun is still shining. — There, behind the clouds, the sun is still shining.
- Only my dream keeps me alive. “Only my dream keeps me alive.”
Choose phrases to your liking and learn them by heart. Sooner or later, you will definitely have the opportunity to show off your knowledge of spoken English. Good luck in mastering the language and see you again!
Aphorism- this is an original complete thought, expressed or written down in a laconic, memorable text form and subsequently repeatedly reproduced by other people.
In this article we bring to your attention well-known and popular aphorisms, proverbs, as well as quotes from various figures in English with translation into Russian. Such eloquent phrases are increasingly found in everyday life, they are especially loved by users of various social networks, instant messengers and other technological solutions, where a person can briefly describe himself, add his “status”, or simply inform everyone about his favorite aphorism, including on English.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Investments in knowledge always give the greatest return.
Benjamin Franklin(Benjamin Franklin)
"Wisdom is knowing how little we know."
Wisdom is knowing how little we know
Oscar Wilde(Oscar Wilde)
The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure.
The only thing in life that comes without effort is failure.
Unknown(Author unknown)
Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.
With a diploma you can earn a living. Self-education will make you a fortune.
Jim Rohn(Jim Rohn)
A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.
A dream becomes a goal when action is taken to achieve it.
Bo Bennett(Bo Bennett)
All would live long, but none would be old.
Everyone wants to live long, but no one wants to be old.
Benjamin Franklin(Benjamin Franklin)
Success is not in what you have, but who you are.
Success is not what you have, but what you are.
Bo Bennett(Bo Bennett)
It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.
Quitting smoking is easy. I myself have thrown a hundred times.
Mark Twain(Mark Twain)
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
We are glorious not because we never fall, but because we get up whenever we do.
Confucius(Confucius)
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
Abortion is promoted exclusively by people who have already been born.
Ronald Reagan(Ronald Reagan)
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Always forgive your enemies, nothing irritates them more.
Oscar Wilde(Oscar Wilde)
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Admitting your ignorance is a great step towards knowledge.
Benjamin Disraeli(Benjamin Disraeli)
English is not merely the medium of our thought; it is the very stuff and process of it.
English is not just a means of expressing our thoughts; it is the very essence and basis of thinking.
Unknown(Author unknown)
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since in solving it you mainly have to deal with men.
Conrad(Conrad)
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Speaking another language is like having a second soul.
Charlemagne(Charlemagne)
I am not young enough to know everything.
I'm not young enough to know everything.
Oscar Wilde(Oscar Wilde)
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
A banker is a guy who will lend you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants to take it back as soon as it starts to rain.
Mark Twain(Mark Twain)
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
Lily Tomlin(Lily Tomlin)
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
If anyone thinks that love and peace are a cliché that should have been left in the sixties, then that's their problem. Love and peace are eternal.
John Lennon(John Lennon)
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Money speaks a language that is understood by all nations.
Aphra Behn(Afra Behn)
A candidate is someone who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.
A candidate is someone who receives money from the rich and runs for the poor to protect them from each other.
Unknown(Author unknown)
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Facts are stubborn things; statistics are much more flexible.
Mark Twain(Mark Twain)
Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
Not knowing is bad, not wanting to know is even worse.
Proverb(Proverb)
Success doesn’t come to you…you go to it.
Success does not come to you on its own... You go to it.
Marva Collins(Marva Collins)
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
No matter how slow you go, the main thing is not to stop.
Confucius(Confucius)
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
Silence begets silence, and the longer the pause in conversation, the more difficult it is to find what to say.
Samuel Johnson(Samuel Johnson)
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
He who cannot change his views cannot change anything.
Bernard Shaw(Bernard Show)
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe yet.
Albert Einstein(Albert Einstein)
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Half of Americans have never read a newspaper. Half did not participate in the presidential elections. We can only hope that this is the same half.
Gore Vidal(Gore Vidal)
Every solution breeds new problems.
Every decision creates new problems.
Murphy's law(Murphy's Law)
Wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it.
Wealth belongs not to the one who owns it, but to the one who enjoys it.
Benjamin Franklin(Benjamin Franklin)
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
Anyone who tells the truth about you becomes an enemy.
Hubbard Elbert(Hubbard Elbert)
Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
Believe in the fact that there is something to live for, and your faith will help this fact come true.
James(James)
The absent are always in the wrong.
Absentees are always wrong.
Proverb(Proverb)
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
To make the pleasures enjoyable, do not prolong them.
Buxton(Buxton)
Freedom is only good as a means; it is no end in itself.
Freedom is good only as a means, not an end.
Melville(Melville)
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
When Nature needs to do something, she creates a genius.
Emerson(Emerson)
A lie begets a lie.
Lies beget lies.
Proverb(Proverb)
When a man makes a woman his wife, it’s the highest compliment he can pay her, and it’s usually the last.
When a man makes a woman his wife, it is the greatest compliment he can give her, and usually the last.
Rowland(Rowland)
We grow small trying to be great.
In trying to become great, we become small.
Jones(Jones)
Self-conquest is the greatest of victories.
Victory over oneself is the greatest of victories.
Plato(Plato)
If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
If you don't think about the future, you won't have one.
Galsworthy(Galsworthy)
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
When everything is lost, only the future remains.
Bovee(Bovy)
Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.
It's better to go to bed without dinner than to wake up in debt.
Benjamin Franklin(Benjamin Franklin)
Future is purchased by the present.
The future is acquired in the present.
Samuel Johnson(Samuel Johnson)
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself to keep his friends in countenance.
A generous person must have a few faults so as not to upset his friends.
Benjamin Franklin(Benjamin Franklin)
He that is of opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
A person who claims that money can do anything can be suspected of doing anything for the sake of money.
Benjamin Franklin(Benjamin Franklin)
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Quote in English: I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you are sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.Translation: I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and sometimes I am difficult to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then rest assured that you don't deserve me when I'm doing great.
Translation: Dance like no one is watching, Love like you'll never be betrayed, Sing like no one is listening, And live on earth like it's heaven.
Translation: You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Translation: A friend is someone who knows everything about you but continues to love you.
Translation: Live as if you will die tomorrow. Study as if you will live forever.
Translation: I realized that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Quote in English: To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest achievement.Translation: Remaining yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you someone else is already a great achievement.
Translation: To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist, that's the whole point.
Translation: My mother told me: “If you become a soldier, you will become a general. If you become a priest, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was an artist and became Picasso.
Pablo Picasso
Quote in English: Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re probably right.
Translation: Whether you think you can or don't, you're right.
Henry Ford
Quote in English: No two persons ever read the same book.Translation: No two people have read the same book.
Woodrow Wilson
Quote in English: If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.Translation: If you only read the books that others read, you will only think what others think.
Translation: A book is a copy of the world. If you don't like it, ignore it or suggest your own version.
Translation: To find yourself, think for yourself.
Translation: But most importantly, be true to yourself.
Translation: In old age a person believes everything, in middle age he suspects everyone, and in his youth he knows everything.
Translation: A man without imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
Quote in English: Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it.Translation: Life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we react to it.
Translation: I can sum up everything I know about life in three (in Russian - two) words: it goes on.
Translation: Good friends, good books and a sleeping conscience - this is an ideal life.
Translation: Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.
Translation: Life is not meant to find yourself, but to create yourself.
Translation: Where there is love, there is life.
Translation: May God grant you to live every day of your life.
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