I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
BEATRIX POTTERMrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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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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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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Then Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea – a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie. They sat before the fire on a bench and looked sideways at one another.
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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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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.
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