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Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.


Arthur Hays Sulzberger


#concentrating #generation #ignoring #immense #negative

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.


Margaret Thatcher


#platitudes #true #yes

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?


Norman Douglas


#platitudes #save #wisdom

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.


Che Guevara


#am #call #different #different sort #his

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.


Stanley Baldwin


#hearing #people #platitude #repeated #simply

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.


Havelock Ellis


#clear #first #improve #knowledge #longer

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection.


Eliot Spitzer


#contemplation #institution #introspection #national #place

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.


Van Wyck Brooks


#courage #his #man #platitudes #successful

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.


Oscar Wilde


#good #kin #life #makes #modern

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.


Thornton Wilder


#orchestration #platitudes






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