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Iris Murdoch

Irish Author

Born: Jul 15, 1919

Died: Feb 8, 1999

Life Love Love Is Matter People Think

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The cry of equality pulls everyone down. Iris Murdoch

Equality Down Everyone Cry

Only lies and evil come from letting people off. Iris Murdoch

People Evil Lies Only Come Off Letting

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all. Iris Murdoch

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base. Iris Murdoch

Love Love Is Worth Entirely No Love Calls Without Frivolous Even Base

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. Iris Murdoch

Good Matter Temperament End Just Being In The End

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all. Iris Murdoch

You Philosophy Snail Pace Moving

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. Iris Murdoch

Needs Man Women Men Every Thrilling Quiet Man Needs Every Man Two

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic. Iris Murdoch

Truth Truth Is Moral Brown Moralistic Generic Like Well Spectrum

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. Iris Murdoch

Seriously Taken Affairs Human Human Affairs Serious

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. Iris Murdoch

Relationship Supplied Comfort Substitute Utterly

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. Iris Murdoch

Emotions Could Sort Disciplined Said Literature Certain Technique

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