Beatrix Potter quotes

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.... Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. (Beatrix Potter)
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality. View quote
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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. View quote
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I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense... View quote
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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. View quote
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I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman's life. View quote
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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. View quote
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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations. View quote
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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. View quote
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Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. View quote
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This is a Tale about a tail - a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. (Beatrix Potter)
We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure. View quote
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What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood? View quote
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I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years. View quote
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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. View quote
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Thank goodness my education was neglected. View quote
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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. View quote
Beatrix Potter
Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. View quote
Beatrix Potter
It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is "soporific." I have never felt sleepy after eating lettuces; but then I am not a rabbit. View quote
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This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail. View quote
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'. (Beatrix Potter)
I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion. View quote
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Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes. View quote
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Painting is an awkward thing to teach except the details of the medium. If you and your master are determined to look at nature and art in two different directions you are sure to stick. View quote
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