Beatrix Potter
(1866-1943)

British Writer, Naturalist, Philanthropist

birthdate: July 28
birthplace: Kensington, London, UK

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QUOTES

"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..."

“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.”

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.