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Platitudes Quotes

Platitudes and generalities roll of the human understanding like water from a duck Picture Quote #1

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes Picture Quote #1

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Picture Quote #1

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man Picture Quote #1

Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you Picture Quote #1

Platitudes are generally the oldest and profoundest of truths Picture Quote #1

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Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them Picture Quote #1

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true Picture Quote #1

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth Picture Quote #1

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it Picture Quote #1

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection Picture Quote #1

What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous Picture Quote #1

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I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that Picture Quote #1

Experience has taught me that the shallowest of communist platitudes contains more of a hierarchy of meaning than contemporary bourgeois profundity Picture Quote #1

Pure wisdom is the ‘fruit of life’ banal platitudes are the ‘bane of existence’ Picture Quote #1

There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, and timid policies offer a path to safety Picture Quote #1

Everyone suffers; life is pain; and death is the final punctuation at the end of that sentence, so deal with it. I really think you can manage pain and suffering by living in fullness and being true to yourself and all those seemingly vapid platitudes Picture Quote #1

To avoid becoming chronically unemployed, people need more than platitudes offering sympathy. Career reinvention requires encouragement and guidance Picture Quote #1

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The Elements of Style does not deserve the enormous esteem in which it is held by American college graduates. Its advice ranges from limp platitudes to inconsistent nonsense. Its enormous influence has not improved American students’ grasp of English grammar; it has significantly degraded it Picture Quote #1

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes Picture Quote #1

Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation ... the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality ...though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries [WWII] Picture Quote #1

She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer, made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious Picture Quote #1

Platitudes are safe, because they’re easy to wink at, but truth is something else again Picture Quote #1

Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude Picture Quote #1

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The writer does not dare dream of giving the best of his individuality. No, he must never express his anger. The vacillating demands of mediocrity must be satisfied. Amuse the people, be their clown, give them platitudes about which they can laugh, shadows of truth which they can hold as truths Picture Quote #1

Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in dark tunnels Picture Quote #1

The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance Picture Quote #1

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong Picture Quote #1

A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Platitudes and generalities roll of the human understanding like water from a duck (Platitudes Quotes) Literature is the orchestration of platitudes (Platitudes Quotes) What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? (Platitudes Quotes) The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man (Platitudes Quotes) Authority is permission to spew platitudes to people below you (Platitudes Quotes) Platitudes are generally the oldest and profoundest of truths (Platitudes Quotes) Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them (Platitudes Quotes) Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true (Platitudes Quotes) Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth (Platitudes Quotes) I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it. (Platitudes Quotes) Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection (Platitudes Quotes) What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous (Platitudes Quotes) I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that (Platitudes Quotes) Experience has taught me that the shallowest of communist platitudes contains more of a hierarchy of meaning than contemporary bourgeois profundity (Platitudes Quotes) Pure wisdom is the ‘fruit of life’ banal platitudes are the ‘bane of existence’ (Platitudes Quotes) There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, and timid policies offer a path to safety (Platitudes Quotes) Everyone suffers; life is pain; and death is the final punctuation at the end of that sentence, so deal with it. I really think you can manage pain and suffering by living in fullness and being true to yourself and all those seemingly vapid platitudes. (Platitudes Quotes) To avoid becoming chronically unemployed, people need more than platitudes offering sympathy. Career reinvention requires encouragement and guidance. (Platitudes Quotes) The Elements of Style does not deserve the enormous esteem in which it is held by American college graduates. Its advice ranges from limp platitudes to inconsistent nonsense. Its enormous influence has not improved American students’ grasp of English grammar; it has significantly degraded it. (Platitudes Quotes) The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. (Platitudes Quotes) Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation ... the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality ...though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries [WWII] (Platitudes Quotes) She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer, made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious (Platitudes Quotes) Platitudes are safe, because they’re easy to wink at, but truth is something else again (Platitudes Quotes) Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude (Platitudes Quotes) The writer does not dare dream of giving the best of his individuality. No, he must never express his anger. The vacillating demands of mediocrity must be satisfied. Amuse the people, be their clown, give them platitudes about which they can laugh, shadows of truth which they can hold as truths (Platitudes Quotes) Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in dark tunnels (Platitudes Quotes) The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance (Platitudes Quotes) What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong (Platitudes Quotes) A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound (Platitudes Quotes) 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 (Platitudes Quotes)

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