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Quotes › Authors › H › H. L. Mencken › Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true
  • Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

    H. L. Mencken: Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
    H. L. Mencken
    A Book of Burlesques ch. 11 (1920)
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