Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist, Satirist
"What war has always been is a puberty ceremony."
Ceremony quotes
Ceremony
37 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners."
Jim Morrison
Musician, Poet
"Is everybody in?... Is everybody in?... Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin..."
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"Ceremonies are no aid to blessedness."
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
"It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them."
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"Truth and ceremony are two things."
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"When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them."
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"How but in custom and in ceremony are innocence and beauty born?"
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"The appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremony."
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"Society is frivolous, and shreds its day into scraps, its conversation into ceremonies and escapes."
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