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Quotation from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
“Woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home! They will never be happy in this world, and when they are older they will be very sorry for it.”
The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 4, trans. Carol Della Chiesa
The Cricket gives the advice that Pinocchio answers by throwing a hammer at him.
Citation: "Woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home! They will never be happy in this world, and when they are older they will be very sorry for it." — Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 4, trans. Carol Della Chiesa. (id the-adventures-of-pinocchio-q2)
Portrait: Pinocchio, Enrico Mazzanti (1852-1910), Public domain.
