Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
BEATRIX POTTERIt sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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Everything was romantic in my imagination.
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.
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I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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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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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.
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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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I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.
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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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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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