Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  As the defeated Ravana ran back to Lanka with the small remnants of his vast army, he realized that the many warnings he had been given about Rama’s power hadn’t been bromides.

Mahabharata:  Dhritarashtra’s message to Sanjaya through the Pandavas contained the usual bromides about avoiding bloodshed and violent conflicts among cousins, but it didn’t mention anything about returning the Pandava’s kingdom to them.

Bhagavad-gita:  The Gita doesn’t contain any of the bromides that go on in the name of spirituality; it offers a philosophy and a pathway to another level of reality.