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.
BEATRIX POTTERWhen gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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Sunday, January 27, 1884. — There was another story in the paper a week or so since.
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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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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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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 do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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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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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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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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Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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