What did Iris Murdoch mean by: evil soon makes tools out of those who don’t hate it. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ The very madness of the scheme protects it. Author, August 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Deception, Risk, Security, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ A middling talent makes for a more serene life. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Contentment, Moderation, Talent, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Nothing is more beautifully and acceptably self-assertive than good singing. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Beauty, Singing, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Comfort, Relationship, Value, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
We defend ourselves by descriptions and tame the world by generalizing. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Defense, Description, Generalization, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Expression, Love, Unhappiness, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Upon the demon-ridden pilgrimage of human life, what next I wonder. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Reflection, Struggle, Uncertainty, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Love can’t always do work. Sometimes it just has to look into the darkness. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Acceptance, Emotions, Love, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
