The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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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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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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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 think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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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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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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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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