In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
BEATRIX POTTERI was a child then, I had no idea what the world would be like. I wished to trust myself on the waters and the sea.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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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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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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 four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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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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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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