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.
BEATRIX POTTERHere comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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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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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.
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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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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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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