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A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage

A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late, now too early, by which Society would register the quick motions of man. – E. M. Forster

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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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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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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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