An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON PLATITUDES
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
George Eliot (1819-1880, British novelist)
The Republicans stroke platitudes until they purr like epigrams.
Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965, American lawyer, politician)
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
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