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affected piety, deceit, dishonesty, humbug, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, insincerity, lip service, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pious platitudes, pomposity, pretense, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham holiness, show ... Search another word or see pious platitude on Dictionary...
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the meek shall inherit the earth (bible) platitude. Witty sayings (2) favorite links hot for words; joe dempsey s weekly grist; uk phrase finder the book carbon footprint chip off the old block cold hard cash drop in the bucket farewell.
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A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it ... A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention...
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Find Quotations - Lists of the most popular and useful quotes, browse by author, tell us your favorites! ... Shame is that intrinstic meter of our own heart to tell us that we have failed to follow our own moral compass. ... Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
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"A witty saying proves nothing." Voltaire ... "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." Katharine Fullerton Gerould...
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When I was a little girl, field trips were a *big deal.* So much so, that my mom took me to the store to pick out field trip day lunch treats. This typically meant we got a bag of potato chips or some sort of sweet goodness made by Hostess. One time, as a huge generous gesture my ... The Witty Clan in Bavaria...
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aphorism = maxim, old saying ... epigram = saying, short, witty saying or poem ... platitude = trite remark, stale...
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