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Beatrix Potter

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I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.


— Beatrix Potter


#influence #personality #influence

Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.


— Beatrix Potter


#faith #inspirational #faith

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.


— Beatrix Potter


#i #never #off #originality #rubbed

Thank goodness my education was neglected.


— Beatrix Potter


#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #education

This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.


— Beatrix Potter


#bunnies #fierceness #humor #rabbits #humor

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


#almost #behave #believe #causes #endless

It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.


— Beatrix Potter


#effect #lettuce #much #said #too






About Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter Quotes




Did you know about Beatrix Potter?

Sister Anne Potter’s version of the story of Bluebeard was written especially for her American readers but illustrated by Katharine Sturges. By the summer of 1912 Heelis had proposed marriage and Beatrix had accepted although Beatrix Potter did not immediately tell her parents who once again disapproved because Heelis was only a country solicitor. Tittlemouse a wood mouse) reflect her increasing participation in village life and her delight in country living.

Her artistic talents were recognized early. Born into a privileged Unitarian family Potter along with her younger brother Walter Bertram (1872–1918) grew up with few friends outside her large extended family. With the proceeds from the books and a legacy from an aunt Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey a tiny village in the English Lake District near Ambleside in 1905.

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