Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
BEATRIX POTTERMost people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I am worn to a raveling.
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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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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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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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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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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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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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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I 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.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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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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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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