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Ceremony is the smoke of friendship. - Chinese Proverb

Ceremony is the smoke of friendship. – Chinese Proverb

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Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. – Chinese Proverb

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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books. – George Gurdjieff

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

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

Ceremony and ritual spring from our heart of hearts: those who govern us know it well, for they would sooner deny us bread than dare alter the observance of tradition. – F. Gonzalez-Crussi

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All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future. – Gerald R. Ford

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I think its important to have closure in any relationship that ends – from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase. – Jennifer Aniston

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Patch grief with proverbs; make misfortune drunk… – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, c.1598

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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