It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work…

It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.

— Henry Fielding

“Love at first sight, it may sound trite, but it's true, you know”

— Morrissey

Every adventure requires a first step. Trite but true, even here.

— Anonymous

A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake,…

— Henry Fielding

Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others, and, consequently,…

— Henry Fielding

A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull…

— Anais Nin

What's terrible is that there's nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.

— Ivan Turgenev

It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.

— Lord Chesterfield

“When I thought of how I’d been living, how I’d been approaching life, it was all so trite, so miserably pointless. Unimaginative middle-class rubbish,…

— Haruki Murakami

And in any case, to the old man, when the world becomes trite, the triteness arises not so much from a cessation as from…

— Alexander Smith

“He was trying to do contrite, which is a combination of con and trite .”

— Andy Hamilton

In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.

— Kate Bush

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

— Rebecca Hall

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are.

— John Singleton

Although it sounds very trite, I wish people were nice.

— Bobcat Goldthwait