Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
BEATRIX POTTERThis is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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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 an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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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 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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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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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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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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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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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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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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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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