Share this sentence
— Beatrix Potter"It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London...but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country'. Quoted in The Tale of Beatrix Potter a Biography by Margaret Lane, First Edition p 32-33"
Related information
Discover more quotes
Previous Quote
A raznochinets needs no memory—it is enough for him to tell of the books he has read, and his biography is done.
— Osip Mandelstam
Next Quote
...I believe there exists, & I feel within me, an instinct for the truth, or knowledge or discovery, of something of the same nature as the instinct of virtue, & that our having such an instinct is reason enough for scientific researches without any practical results ever ensuing from them.
— Charles Darwin
Loading recommended content...