Wilde
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The Christians go around
pretending they know

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who God is and how he works.
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I've no time
for that tomfoolery.

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If you don't know something,
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you should stand up and say so,
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not pretend you believe
in some mumbo-jumbo.

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I can believe in anything,
provided it's incredible.

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That's why I intend
to die a Catholic,

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though I couldn't
possibly live as one.

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Catholicism is such
a romantic religion.

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It has saints and sinners.
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The Church of England
only has respectable people

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who believe in respectability.
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You get to be a bishop
not by what you believe,

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but by what you don't.
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That's true enough!
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It's the only church
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where the sceptic
stands at the altar

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and St Thomas the Doubter
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is prince of the apostles.
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No, I couldn't possibly die
in the Church of England.

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Where do you stand
on cremation?

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I'm not sure I have a position.
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I'm for it.
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I wrote a poem.
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"When I am dead, cremate me. "
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That's how it begins.
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"When I am dead, cremate me. "
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What do you think of that
for an opening line?

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It's... challenging.
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I'm a challenging sort of man.
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That's why people don't like me.
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I don't go along with the
ordinary ways of thinking.

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Then we are exactly alike.
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Another glass of brandy?
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I find that alcohol,
taken in sufficient quantities,

:51:31
can produce all the effects
of drunkenness.

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You were there for ages.
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You stayed talking
till after four.

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I knew you'd like him
once you'd met him.

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He's got charm, I admit that.
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But that's bad.
:51:45
Men shouldn't be charming.
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It's disgusting.
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Don't think much of his action.
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Let's have a look at the bay.
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Mind you,
Wilde's no fool.

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Talks wonderfully.
Really wonderfully.

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But that means nothing
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when what he says
is such rot.


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