Bateson, Mary

English historian

sister of William 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."