When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
BEATRIX POTTERThe 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.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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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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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.
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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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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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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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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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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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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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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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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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