Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
BEATRIX POTTERIt is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: “One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.
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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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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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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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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 goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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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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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 do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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