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... a less than perfect meddling in the spiritual world can breed monsters for other people.
Iris Murdoch
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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
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Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.
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The chief requirement of the good life, is to live without any image of oneself.
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Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.
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