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We are nothing but ceremony; ceremony carries us away, and we leave the substance of things; we hang on to the branches and abandon the trunk and body.
-Michel De Montaigne
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We Are Nothing But Ceremony; Ceremony Carries

Michel De Montaigne
We are nothing but ceremony; ceremony carries us away, and we leave the substance of things; we hang on to the branches and abandon the trunk and body.
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