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ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)

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Bierce, Ambrose - "Adage," "Devil's Dictionary" column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05) | WIST Quotations

ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding. Not collected in later books. Instead, in The Cynic's Word Book (1906), he changed it to "Boned wisdom…

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K.J. Elphinstone Jan 2, 2025

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#Platitude #ActuallyAutistic

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🇪🇷Götterdämmerung Dec 14, 2024

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#Platitude: the bromide's even more insufferable cousin. Platitudes are trite, banal, & almost aggressively unoriginal but are delivered with a self-satisfied air of profundity. E.g. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." A platitude is what someone says when they want to sound deep but can't be bothered to put in the effort.

uvok Oct 2, 2024

Money doesn't make you happy.
Lack of money makes you unhappy.

#platitude

ShawnT 🔧🐀Aug 23, 2024

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."

"Yes, that's a nice #platitude. Pithy but poetic. Has a nice balance. But it's also demonstrably false."

WIST Quotations moves again!Aug 22, 2024

A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

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PLATITUDE. An idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
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https://wist.info/mencken-hl/71571/

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jul 3, 2024

A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

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EPIGRAM. A platitude with vine-leaves in its hair.
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https://wist.info/mencken-hl/70428/

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A Book of Burlesques, "The Jazz Webster" (1924) - Mencken, H. L. | WIST Quotations

EPIGRAM. A platitude with vine-leaves in its hair.

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aproitz Jul 3, 2024

@afelia

Dieses feministische #Gehuddel kann einem manchmal ganz schön auf den #Sack gehen. Das klingt nach einer total verallgemeinernden #Platitüde von einem Satz. Dieses #Oberlehrerhafte musst du Dir mal abgewöhnen. Das nervt.