Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
BEATRIX POTTERIt sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born..
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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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 do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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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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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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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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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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Mrs. Tiggy-winkle’s hand, holding the tea-cup, was very very brown, and very very wrinkly with the soap-suds; and all through her gown and her cap, there were HAIRPINS sticking wrong end out; so that Lucie didn’t like to sit too near her.
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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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