trite remark
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"You work too hard," he said soberly, though he felt the inadequacy of the trite remark.
From Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Will Lillibridge
The arraignment of Dr. Slade, the spiritual medium, before a London magistrate, on a charge of vagrancy, suggests the rather trite remark that "history repeats itself."
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
He vaguely realized an indirect confession expressed in that trite remark made by Rosas.
From His Excellency the Minister by Henri Roberts
It is a trite remark that, having the choicest tools, an unskilful artisan will botch his work; and bad teachers will fail even with the best methods.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
A very trite remark, my dear," said Lady Caroline, smiling, "but we need not anticipate changes before they come.
From A True Friend A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
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