"È più facile morire che amare."

Translation: It is easier to die than to love.

[hybridpro]

Some Duo sentences are just on an acid trip. High highs and low lows

[Curlygirly]

It does make me lol sometimes

[AndrDemetr]

DL. Lay down on the couch. Tell me about your childhood.

[Germanlehrerlsu]

Perfetto! Mi piace molto il tuo umorismo! Grazie!

[JakeSimone]

LOOOOOOL Just hillarious hahahaha

[Martin135869]

Dunque... il mio papa non mi ha mai detto che mi ama...

[ArnoNyhm2]

then your pope does not lov you...

[Pogosticksteve]

It's easier to eat out of the trash than to make dinner.

[Funest]

Wiser words have not yet being spoken

[Germanlehrerlsu]

Yet another motivational thought.

[Curlygirly]

Whoa...depressing much!!

[EliavLavi]

Totally! In the spirit of the great romantic Italian operas :)

[rushed91]

Well yesterday Duo told me he was ready to die

[Angelo980890]

dude thats hilaruous

[SFA110492]

This got dark too quickly

[merulaw]

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all those who live without love.

[Germanlehrerlsu]

merulaw: GREAT quote. Wasn't familiar with it at all - Grazie.

[merulaw]

Thanks! I immediately thought of this quote when I read this sentence :)

[Germanlehrerlsu]

You may have forced me to read the Harry Potter novels.

[CarolPapal1]

Yes, I do love my cat.

[MrSunshine251]

I'm always here if you need to chat, Duo. You're not alone!

[Simmy100750]

:))))) you're funny

[adamskj]

I think this sentence belongs in the "Emo" lesson instead of "Infinitives".

[Ianos1]

I'm half italian and optimising my knowledge here, but this stereotypical image people have for us is annoying to say the least!! No we are not romantic and melodramatic all the time. We love, we hurt, we play it cool and we lose it from time to time, just like everybody else. Ok, we are a tad more horny and cook well, I'll give us that! Anyway, people are watching too many movies!

[bobmcintyr]

Calm down Lanos!

No need to be melodramatic. ;-)

Have to add that I've loved a fair few times and I ain't dead yet.

Here... do you think that means duo isn't ALWAYS right?

[NicolaiKar3]

try to take cliches surrounding culture with a smile, like everyone else tries to do.

What kind of impression does a German make who complains that they are not only eating sausages 24/7?

[LinguDemo]

For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

[mkeith375]

For never was there a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her wee green Duo.

[ameess9]

well, crap.

[BlackSea]

Why is poor Duo so depressed...? No amore? ;-)

[Donna_Diana]

Such melodrama! LOL. :)

[jsmncrdr]

I notice that some of this sentences are super depressing. Who writes these?

[Germanlehrerlsu]

jsmncrdr: "I'm dying" to know too, which if you think about it, is easier than admitting "I'd love" to know too. :-)

[Martin135869]

Dante? Petrarca?

[durlxnemesis]

is the one who made this lesson alright? should we be concerned?

[aaronbennack]

First of all, great sentence. Secondly, how do you know when to include "a" before the infinitive? I was marked wrong on a different lesson (which I sadly can't remember) for not using it. In Spanish, it's understood that the infinitive means "to (insert verb)..." Is this different in Italian? Please help

[Ferdinanda539557]

I have the same question: when is a, da, di, or de (?) used before the infinitive?

[Germanlehrerlsu]

aaron...After the verb 'essere' in any tense I look at infinitives as the subject of the sentence in a sense, so it helps me to remember not to use 'a'. In other words, what is easier? So infinitive subject, no "a'. I don't know if that's a grammatically correct explanation but it helps me.

[tpamm]

well that's a lovely sentiment. What poor soul wrote this?

[Arnold193698]

¡Too many sentences about death & dying!

[kehaugland]

Working our way to Petrarch.

[Germanlehrerlsu]

kehaugland: ...or Puzo's Godfather!

[Thebigspire]

I wrote "it's easier dying than loving" and it says it's wrong. Why?

[Simmy100750]

È vero. Morire è semplice, amare è sempre complicato

[yonierespinosa]

This is depressing af

[Andreas521061]

Too many sentences about death & dying!

[Jane643611]

I begining to think DL team need a hotline to the Samaritans, or maybe some happy pills.

[Taticutucando]

Oh the melodramatic italian way!!! Not only we learn italian we learn their ways!

[hannahmichela22]

It's really funny when speaking with friends who are learning conversational Italian and then I throw out sentences like these......"Hey listen to what I'm learning!" ha ha

[haydee14p]

Profound

[ionradoi1]

Questo e pure filosofia molto profondo da verro!

[DASTOW]

Is this a scientific fact, or just another Italian proverb?

[Akn2019]

I wrote -it is more easy to die than to love -and it was not accepted

[khandiekrush]

damn, that's profound.

[Raymond304505]

E piu facile morire che vivere

[Arian_mghs]

too dramatic haha

[egregor1]

I gave the same answer as AKN2019.....still not accepted but still perfectly valid in English.

[egregor1]

Like Akn2019 I wrote 'it is more easy to die than to love' and was told this is incorrect. On the contrary DL!!

[Nathan740070]

Tell it to the one who is first to die in previous lessons.

[Matteo_Uomo]

Good discussion

[DilaElvira]

Awwwww

[pat552192]

Well, my answer was perfect. What happened? Why does it say its wrong?

[Stefan_Hey]

"it is more easy to die than to love"
what's wrong with this one???

[Ronald822803]

More easy means the same as easier

[bjojoe]

DL: Why is "it's more easy to die than to love" wrong??

[sharon689776]

Very dramatic.

[NgRoots]

Well, what's easier than dying?

[Andreas521061]

DL, yet another silly sentence !!
Dl never surrender !

[jjjuuxxar]

serius queston what is che used here?

[Stefan_Hey]

"che" is a conjunction and means "than/that"
it is like "meglio tardi CHE mai" (better late THAN never)

[BiaBar]

Sometimes I get the feeling the creator of these sentences has some really bad issues