A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.
The days of a politician talking platitudes are over, and if it wasn't for Mr. Trump in this race, people would have allowed politicians to have a pass in talking platitudes about things that will never be accomplished.
The more facts one introduces, the more truth one shows, the more determined the bigot is to cling to his belief.
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.
Truth is a tendency.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.