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The very madness of the scheme protects it.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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The bereaved cannot communicate with the unbereaved.
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Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.
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