The Princess Bride
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All right, where is the poison?
The battle of wits has begun.

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It ends when you decide
and we both drink,

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and find out who is right
and who is dead.

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But it's so simple.
All I have to do is divine

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from what I know of you.
Are you the sort of man

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who would put the poison
into his own goblet, or his enemy's?

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Now, a clever man would put the poison
into his own goblet,

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because he would know that only a great fool
would reach for what he was given.

:31:40
I'm not a great fool,
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so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of you.

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But you must have known I was not a great fool.
You would have counted on it,

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so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of me.

:31:51
- You've made your decision then?
- Not remotely.

:31:54
Because iocane comes from Australia,
as everyone knows.

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And Australia is entirely
peopled with criminals.

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And criminals are used
to having people not trust them,

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as you are not trusted by me,
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so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of you.

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Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
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Wait till I get going!
Where was I?

:32:12
- Australia.
- Yes, Australia.

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And you must have suspected
I would have known the powder's origin,

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so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of me.

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- You're just stalling now.
- You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?

:32:23
You've beaten my giant,
which means you're exceptionally strong.

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So, you could have put the poison
in your own goblet,

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trusting on your strength to save you.
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So I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of you.

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But, you've also bested my Spaniard,
which means you must have studied.

:32:36
And in studying, you must have learned
that man is mortal

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so you would have put the poison
as far from yourself as possible,

:32:43
so I can clearly not choose
the wine in front of me.

:32:46
You're trying to trick me into
giving away something. It won't work.

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It has worked. You've given everything away.
I know where the poison is.

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Then make your choice.
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I will. And I choose...
What in the world can that be?

:32:57
What? Where?
I don't see anything.


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