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Ceremony resembles that base coin which circulates through a country by royal mandate; it serves every purpose of real money at home, but is entirely useless if carried abroad. A person who should attempt to circulate his native trash in another country would be thought either ridiculous or culpable.
— Goldsmith
Goldsmith
The point
Ceremony, like local currency, has value only within its own culture and looks absurd elsewhere.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Thoughtful · Wise
To tell aloud
under a minute · 49 words