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title: "26 Platitude Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 26 Platitude quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Platitude sayings and thoughts."
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> [“You mere device," he gnarled. "You platitude! Your Gollux ex machina!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/you-mere-device-he-gnarled-you-platitude-your-gollux-ex-machina/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [applause, n. The echo of a platitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/applause-n-the-echo-of-a-platitude/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/nothing-produces-such-an-effect-as-a-good-platitude/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [If your values don't alienate anyone, it is just platitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-kelman/if-your-values-don-t-alienate-anyone-it-is-just-platitude/)

[Glenn Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-kelman/)

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> [“Because “Platitude” was a language everyone spoke”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-anne-long/because-platitude-was-a-language-everyone-spoke/)

[Julie Anne Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-anne-long/)

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> [The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/the-aphorism-a-platitude-that-swerves-or-slides-all-the-way-around/)

[Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/)

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> [Nothing is more tedious than the dreaming platitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/nothing-is-more-tedious-than-the-dreaming-platitude/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/platitude-all-that-is-mortal-of-a-departed-truth/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [“ 'Better to have loved and lost,' my ass. Anyone parroting that little platitude had obviously never lost anyone of consequence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nenia-campbell/better-to-have-loved-and-lost-my-ass-anyone-parroting-that-little/)

[Nenia Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nenia-campbell/)

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> [Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/platitude-an-idea-a-that-is-admitted-to-be-true-by-everyone-and-b/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [“You may be decay and a platitude Of flesh, but I have no other such memory of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-fry/you-may-be-decay-and-a-platitude-of-flesh-but-i-have-no-other-such/)

[Christopher Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-fry/)

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> [Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-fullerton-gerould/funny-how-people-despise-platitudes-when-they-are-usually-the-truest/)

[Katharine Fullerton Gerould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-fullerton-gerould/)

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> [Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/platitude-a-statement-that-denies-by-implication-what-it-explicitly/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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> [It is strange how long we rebel against a platitude until suddenly in a different lingo it looms up again as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-benedict/it-is-strange-how-long-we-rebel-against-a-platitude-until-suddenly-in/)

[Ruth Benedict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-benedict/)

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> [If some dude I'd never heard of managed to broadcast a platitude like that to the whole globe, I'd probably just feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-kulash/if-some-dude-i-d-never-heard-of-managed-to-broadcast-a-platitude-like/)

[Damian Kulash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-kulash/)

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> [A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-baldwin/a-platitude-is-simply-a-truth-repeated-till-people-get-tired-of/)

[Stanley Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-baldwin/)

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> [One likes to think there's something in it, that old platitude amor vincit omnia. But if I've learned one thing in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/one-likes-to-think-there-s-something-in-it-that-old-platitude-amor/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/platitude-n-the-fundamental-element-and-special-glory-of-popular-2/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [“But that's not a very original idea, is it? It's really just a platitude ... sort of like a Florida sunset, Nevertheless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/but-that-s-not-a-very-original-idea-is-it-it-s-really-just-a/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“Assail me not with noble policy, for I care not at all for platitude. And surrender such tedious detail to greater minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/assail-me-not-with-noble-policy-for-i-care-not-at-all-for-platitude/)

[Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/)

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> [Unfortunately, a platitude is not a plan. So I am encouraging people to turn towards the Green Party if they're looking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annamie-paul/unfortunately-a-platitude-is-not-a-plan-so-i-am-encouraging-people-to/)

[Annamie Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annamie-paul/)

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> [Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude-but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/stated-as-an-english-sentence-of-course-this-is-just-a-banal/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [“PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/platitude-n-the-fundamental-element-and-special-glory-of-popular/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [“Because—isn’t it drilled into us constantly, from childhood on, an unquestioned platitude in the culture—? From William Blake to Lady Gaga, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/because-isn-t-it-drilled-into-us-constantly-from-childhood-on-an-2/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [“I’m going mad with the knowledge that despite the fact that this is now a platitude, we’re repeating ourselves. Are”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-buckley/i-m-going-mad-with-the-knowledge-that-despite-the-fact-that-this-is/)

[Ray Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-buckley/)

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> [In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-modern-life-nothing-produces-such-an-effect-as-a-good-platitude-it/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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