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.
BEATRIX POTTERI hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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 hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.
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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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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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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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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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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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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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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 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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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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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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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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I am worn to a raveling.
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