If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly....
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Sir Thomas More:
[in his prison cell]
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that abhorrence, anger, pride, and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice, and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little - even at the risk of being heroes.
Margaret More:
[crying]
But in reason! Haven't you done as much as God can reasonably want?
Sir Thomas More:
Well, finally, it isn't a matter of reason. Finally, it's a matter of love.
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That's very neat.
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But look now. If we lived in a state
where virtue was profitable...
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...common sense would make us saintly.
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But since we see that avarice, anger,
pride and stupidity...
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...commonly profit far beyond charity,
modesty, justice and thought...
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...perhaps we must stand fast a little...
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...even at the risk of being heroes.
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But in reason!
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Haven't you done as much
as God can reasonably want?
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Well, finally it isn't a matter of reason.
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Finally, it's a matter of love.
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You're content then to be shut up here
with mice and rats...
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-...when you might be home with us?
-Content?
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If they'd open a crack that wide, I'd be
through it like a bird and back to Chelsea.
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I haven't told you
what the house is like without you.
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Don't, Meg.
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-What we do in the evening without you.
-Meg, have done.
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We don't read because we've no candles.
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We don't talk because we wonder
what they're doing to you.
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The King is more merciful.
He doesn't use the rack.
Clip duration: 78 seconds
Views: 400
Timestamp in movie: 01h 34m 04s
Uploaded: 19 October, 2021
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
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00:09 There's no law against that
00:15 You threaten like a dockside bully
00:41 God made the angels to show Him splendor
00:58 You stand on your silence
00:13 I trust I make myself obscure
00:20 You're a constant regret to me
00:30 I would be faithful
00:12 Your life lies in your own hands
00:33 I am commanded by the King to be brief
00:22 I chose the right man for chancellor
00:15 Thing out there
00:21 I have evidence that Sir Thomas
01:12 Does a man need a Pope to tell him where he's sinned
00:24 Have I your word that what we say here is between us two
00:14 You crossed him
00:15 The nobility of England
01:12 Since the Court has determined to condemn me
00:16 You'd like that
00:35 The King wants Sir Thomas to bless his marriage
00:11 You should have been a cleric