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Parish Priest: That boy should be going to school
Batistì: Yes but 6 Km to school and 6 Km back...
Parish Priest: He's young, he has strong legs
Batistì: Just when we're about to have another baby
Batistì: He could have started helping me around the house
Parish Priest: He'll help you even more when he's older
Parish Priest: Let providence provide for now
Batistì: I grew up without ever seeing the inside of a school
Parish Priest: That's not a good reason... and you know it
Parish Priest: If God has given your boy a good mind, it's a sign he's expecting more of him
Parish Priest: As the boy's father, it is your duty to do God's bidding
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Batistì: As if we needed something else to worry about
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Batistì: A peasant's son going to school. What will people say?
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Anselmo: Haze around the moon, snow is coming soon
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Anselmo: Chicken droppings are hotter than cow manure
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Butcher: You're lucky. "A pig in the snow is like wine down below."
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Frichi the peddler: [Frichi, a peddler, shows up with a cart full of various fabrics; peasant women gather 'round] It's Frichi! Frichi is here, ladies! Look at this beautiful, first-rate cloth! Very reasonable prices. Come and admire these beautiful skirts!
Peasant woman: You going to swindle us like last time?
Frichi the peddler: Frichi has never swindled anyone! I respect women as much as I respect monkeys!
Peasant woman: You and your fancy talk!
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Male passenger on boat to Milan: [on the boat to Milan: he tosses some bread crumbs into the water] The crumbs go to the fish... A bit of bread can bring in a basket of fish.
Elderly passenger on boat to Milan: But you have to be smart about it. There are more fools with fishing poles than there are fish in the water.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs Quotes
Extended Reading
