In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets.
BEATRIX POTTERDon’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
More Beatrix Potter Quotes
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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 think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.
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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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All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.
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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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The 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.
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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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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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When gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta – there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
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I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.
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So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
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I am worn to a raveling.
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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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