Don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
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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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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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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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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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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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 is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is ‘soporific’.
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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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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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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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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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