Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Essayist
"Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them."
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Platitudes
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Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth"
Thornton Wilder
Playwright, Novelist, Poet
"Literature is the orchestration of platitudes."
Margaret Thatcher
Politician
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."
Edward Abbey
Author, Environmentalist
"Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms."
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"Principles without programs are platitudes."
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