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Iris Murdoch Quotes

«No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.»
«Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.»
«Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins»
«We defend ourself with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing»
«Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.»
«In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.»
«Only lies and evil come from letting people off.»
Author: Iris Murdoch (Novelist, Philosopher) | About: Evil, Lies | Keywords: lay off, letting
«Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.»
«Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.»
«Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!»

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