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Quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson

  • The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
  • The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
  • No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.
  • Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.
  • The family is changing not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.