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Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, h

Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, recanting goodness, sorry ere Tis shown; but where there is true friendship, there needs none. – William Shakespeare

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Come, lets have one other gaudy night. Call to me. All my sad captains. Fill our bowls once more. Lets mock the midnight bell. – William Shakespeare

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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways? – William Shakespeare

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It is superstitious to put ones hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them. – Blaise Pascal

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Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic. – Derek Walcott

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Ceremony is the smoke of friendship. – Chinese Proverb

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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. – G. K. Chesterton

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