Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. H. L. Mencken
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. Oscar Wilde
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. Stanley Baldwin
A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.
The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. Don Marquis
The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.
