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“Divorces are made in Heaven.”

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Jack has just told Algernon that the Divorce Court was invented for people with unusually convenient memories, and Algernon refuses to speculate and changes the subject by reaching for a cucumber sandwich. Wilde compresses the joke and the interruption into one exchange.

Source: The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 1

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