Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were–Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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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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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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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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.
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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 shorter and the plainer the better.
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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.
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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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The place is changed now, and many familiar faces are gone, but the greatest change is myself.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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