So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
BEATRIX POTTERIn the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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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Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.
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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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The shorter and the plainer the better.
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In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
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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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Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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Thank goodness my education was neglected.
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With opportunity the world is very interesting.
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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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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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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