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.
BEATRIX POTTERThank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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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 think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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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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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.
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Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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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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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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