It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
BEATRIX POTTERIt sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born..
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat’s plate.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.
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It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born..
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There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master’s plate, the other on its own.
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What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
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