trite remark

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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 Spencer, Herbert

It began loftily with the words, "It is a trite remark," a phrase which seemed to the boy very masterful.

From Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies by Beach, Seth Curtis

That is a trite remark; but I interpret it differently from everybody else.

From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

The perversion of so many of these once sacred chants to the service of the street ballad, suggests the trite remark of Hamlet to Horatio:— To what base uses we may come at last!

From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Macbain, Alexander

It is a trite remark, that the imaginary anticipation of pleasure is seldom or ever equalled by the enjoyment of it.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert