Well, finally, it isn't a matter of reason. Finally, it's a matter of love
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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
[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
Full Transcript
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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.
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Movie 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.
Actors
Margaret More
Thomas More
