Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
BEATRIX POTTERThe place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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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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I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
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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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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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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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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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