I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.
BEATRIX POTTEROne 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.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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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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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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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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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense…
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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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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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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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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