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Latitude Quotes

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

Charles Lamb (1835). “Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund, a Tale”, p.181

I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality.

Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

Bertrand Russell (2014). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.66, Routledge

applause, n. The echo of a platitude.

'The Cynic's Word Book' (1906) p. 19

If some dude I'd never heard of managed to broadcast a platitude like that to the whole globe, I'd probably just feel like I was being spammed.

"Damian Kulash of OK Go: On Creativity, Design, and Activism". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms.

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.31, RosettaBooks

Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth.

Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.183, University of Georgia Press