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"A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it." »Stanley Baldwin
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"Genius might well be defined as the ability to makes a platitude sound as though it were an original remark." »L. B. Walton
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"A pious man is one who would be an athiest if the king were." »Jean de La Bruyere
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"Our freedom is our sacred cow; no one should touch it! We must be very pious in this holy matter." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"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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"platitude an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true." »H.L. Mencken
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"platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true." »H. L. Mencken
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"Poorly written novels--no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters--are not good in themselves and are therefore not really edifying." »Flannery O'Connor
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"When I deeply look at a pious, I see no affection but fear; and when I look at an atheist, I see no fear but conceit!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not; your beliefs are utterly trivial beside this matter!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side." »Aristotle, unknown
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"Human history’s the most funny and yet the most tragic discovery will be the discovery of the religious people that all religions are man-made! And this childish discovery will enable the pious to make an intellectual jump in upwards direction. The devout will turn into a progressive man and the history will flow faster in the progressive direction." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived. . .Of these Souls there are many changes, some into a more fortunate estate, and some quite contrary. . .Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine. Once separated from the body, and after the struggle to acquire piety, which consists in knowing God and injuring none, such a soul becomes all intelligence. The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human soul it cannot enter the body of an animal devoid of reason. Divine law preserves the human soul from such infamy. . .The soul passeth from form to form and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. Thou puttest off thy bodies as raiment and as vesture dost thou fold them up. Thou art from old, O Soul of Man yea, thou art from everlasting." »Hermes
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