Iris Murdoch Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own.

  Iris Murdoch

  Lying, People, Easy

  Iris Murdoch (1977). “Henry and Cato”, Viking Pr

• Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

  Iris Murdoch

  Lying, Responsibility, People

  Iris Murdoch (1976). “A Severed Head”, p.52, Penguin

• Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such and such a feeling, language lets you down. It's really a machine for making falsehoods. When we really speak the truth, words are insufficient. Almost everything except things like "pass the gravy" is a lie of a sort. And that being the case, I shall shut up. Oh, and... pass the gravy.

  Iris Murdoch

  Lying, People, Feelings

  "Fictional character: Iris Murdoch". "Iris", www.imdb.com. 2001.

• Food is a profound subject and one, incidentally, about which no writer lies.

  Iris Murdoch

  Lying, Food, Profound

  Iris Murdoch (2001). “The Sea, The Sea”, p.30, Penguin

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