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Quotation from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

“Boys ought to know, after all, that medicine, taken in time, can save them from much pain and even from death.”

Carlo Collodi (spoken by The Fairy with Azure Hair)

The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 17, trans. Carol Della Chiesa

Portrait of Carlo Collodi

After the black rabbits with the coffin frighten Pinocchio into swallowing his bitter medicine, the Fairy draws the lesson.

Citation: "Boys ought to know, after all, that medicine, taken in time, can save them from much pain and even from death." — Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 17, trans. Carol Della Chiesa. (id the-adventures-of-pinocchio-q4)

Portrait: Pinocchio, Enrico Mazzanti (1852-1910), Public domain.

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