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Quotation from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

“Lies, my boy, are known in a moment. There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses.”

Carlo Collodi (spoken by The Fairy with Azure Hair)

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

Portrait of Carlo Collodi

The Fairy laughs as Pinocchio's nose grows with each lie about the lost gold pieces.

Citation: "Lies, my boy, are known in a moment. There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses." — Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Chapter 17, trans. Carol Della Chiesa. (id the-adventures-of-pinocchio-q5)

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

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