Collodi Quotes

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means. ~ Carlo Collodi

How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy! ~ Carlo Collodi

If your heart is in your dream, no request is to extreme. ~ Carlo Collodi

On hearing himself called Polendina for the third time, Geppetto lost his head with rage and threw himself upon the carpenter. Then and there they gave each other a sound thrashing.
After this fight, Mastro Antonio had two more scratches on his nose, and Geppetto had two buttons missing from his coat. Thus having settled their accounts, they shook hands and swore to be good friends for the rest of their lives. ~ Carlo Collodi

As soon as he reached home, Geppetto took his tools and began to cut and shape the wood into a Marionette. ~ Carlo Collodi

Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long. ~ Carlo Collodi

How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child. ~ Carlo Collodi

At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage. ~ Carlo Collodi

Woe to the lazy man! Laziness is an evil disease which you must not let seize you in childhood, for when you grow up it cannot be cured. Chapter 25 ~ Carlo Collodi

Lies, my dear boy, can easily be recognized. There are two kind of them: those with short legs, and those with long noses. Your kind have long noses. ~ Carlo Collodi

In the Land of Toys, every day, except Sunday, is a Saturday. Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. That is the place for me! All countries should be like it! How happy we should all be! ~ Carlo Collodi

A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear. ~ Carlo Collodi

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to. ~ Carlo Collodi

Most unfortunately, in the lives of puppets there is always a 'but' that spoils everything. ~ Carlo Collodi

Don't trust to those who promise to make you rich in a day. Usually they are either mad or rogues! ~ Carlo Collodi

Hunger is the best cook. ~ Carlo Collodi

Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy. ~ Carlo Collodi

What matters school? We can go to school to-morrow. Whether we have a lesson more or a lesson less, we shall always remain the same donkeys. ~ Carlo Collodi