"Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the……" — Ambrose Bierce

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• Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that… — Jimmy Carter
• In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As… — Jimmy Carter
• I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won… — Amy Chua
• To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
• (When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.)… — Carl Sagan
• Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. The mounting of this… — Lewis H. Lapham
• Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners. — Lord Chesterfield
• The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us… — Robert D. Hales
• Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved.… — Lloyd Alexander
• After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension… — Henry David Thoreau
• For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but… — Florence Nightingale

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