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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

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
Author
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Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
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Writer
Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
Base
Calls
Entirely
Romance
Worth
Without
Even
Love
Frivolous

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