Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

H. L. MenckenWriter · American · 1880 – 1956
More from H. L. Mencken
#Idea
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo
  • There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come. — Victor Hugo
  • All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo
  • A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. — H. L. Mencken
  • No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. — H. L. Mencken
  • Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. — H. L. Mencken
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026