A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.

He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.

One eare it heard, at the other out it went.

One eare it heard, at the other out it went.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Within a bony labrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and read more

Within a bony labrinthean cave,
Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found,
Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of read more

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of death.

Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more

Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be
silent, that you may hear.

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be
silent, that you may hear.