Iris Murdoch
Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher
Lived from: 1919 - 1999
Category: Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 15 july 1919 Died: 8 february 1999
Quotes 21 till 30 of 30.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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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.
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The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.
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Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
― Iris Murdoch
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