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 POTTERWhat we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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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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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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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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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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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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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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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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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 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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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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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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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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The woods were peopled by the mysterious good folk. The Lords and Ladies of the last century walked with me along the overgrown paths, and picked the old fashioned flowers among the box and rose hedges of the garden.
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