The Church's idea of the good and the beautiful excludes sexual aberration, apart from chastity, I suppose because it's the rarest - Tom Stoppard

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The Church's idea of the good and the beautiful excludes sexual aberration, apart from chastity, I suppose because it's the rarest

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About Tom Stoppard

Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter, knighted in 1997.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Philip Romano (CC BY-SA)

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Alternative Names: Sir Tom Stoppard • Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE • Tomáš Sträussler
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