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.
BEATRIX POTTERI think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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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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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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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 do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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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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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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