#latitudes

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#orchestration #platitudes

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#concentrating #generation #ignoring #immense #negative

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes. ↗

— Che Guevara

#am #call #different #different sort #his

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#clear #first #improve #knowledge #longer