What did Iris Murdoch mean by: One should go easy on smashing other people’s lies. Better to concentrate on one’s own. - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Second Best, Sleep, Sound, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ The notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Captivity, Illusion, Soul, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ evil soon makes tools out of those who don’t hate it. Feraz Zeid, July 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Evil, Hate, Tools, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Art, Finals, Soul, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ It’s easier to sell junk when you’re known than works of genius when you’re unknown. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Easier, Genius, Junk, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ The entry of a child into any situation changes the whole situation. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Children, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Our destiny can be examined, but it cannot be justified or totally explained. We are simply here. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Destiny, Justified, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ The most interesting things are always happening behind one. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 24, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Behinds, Happenings, Interesting, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
