"Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness……" — Carlo Collodi
"Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness is a dreadful illness and must be cured in childhood. If it is not cured then, it can never be cured."
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19 Quotes by Carlo Collodi
Carlo Collodi has 19 quotes on this site.
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Most unfortunately, in the lives of puppets there is always a 'but' that spoils everything.
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A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.
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In the Land of Toys, every day, except Sunday, is a Saturday. Vacation begins on the first of January and…
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Woe to the lazy man! Laziness is an evil disease which you must not let seize you in childhood, for…
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Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all…
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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What matters school? We can go to school to-morrow. Whether we have a lesson more or a lesson less, we…
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Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!
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Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day…
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Never trust people who promise to make you rich in a day. They are generally crazy swindlers
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Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and…
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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