Associations to the word «Platitude»
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Wiktionary
PLATITUDE, noun. An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
PLATITUDE, noun. Unoriginality; triteness.
PLATITUDE, noun. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
Dictionary definition
PLATITUDE, noun. A trite or obvious remark.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.