Iris Murdoch Quotes & Quotations
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No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base. - Iris Murdoch
Only lies and evil come from letting people off. - Iris Murdoch
Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes. - Iris Murdoch
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. - Iris Murdoch
The cry of equality pulls everyone down. - Iris Murdoch
In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all. - Iris Murdoch
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same. - Iris Murdoch
I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped. - Iris Murdoch
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
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. - Iris Murdoch
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. - Iris Murdoch
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance. - Iris Murdoch
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. - Iris Murdoch
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. - Iris Murdoch
We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. - Iris Murdoch
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. - Iris Murdoch
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. - Iris Murdoch
Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. - Iris Murdoch
The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. - Iris Murdoch
Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. - Iris Murdoch
Only lies and evil come from letting people off. - Iris Murdoch
Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes. - Iris Murdoch
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. - Iris Murdoch
The cry of equality pulls everyone down. - Iris Murdoch
In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all. - Iris Murdoch
I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped. - Iris Murdoch
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
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance. - Iris Murdoch
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. - Iris Murdoch
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance. - Iris Murdoch
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. - Iris Murdoch
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. - Iris Murdoch
We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. - Iris Murdoch
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end. - Iris Murdoch
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. - Iris Murdoch
Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. - Iris Murdoch
The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. - Iris Murdoch
Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. - Iris Murdoch