Carlo Collodi
Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was a children's writer born in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and writer of the world-renowned fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 November 1826
CountryItaly
country sunday vacation
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!
growing-up men lazy-man
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
father night long
Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
school what-matters lessons
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.
puppets spoil
Most unfortunately, in the lives of puppets there is always a 'but' that spoils everything.
childhood woe illness
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.