# Quotes that at first sound profound but really are obvious, stupid or pointless

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**Created:** [July 25, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-at-first-sound-profound-but-really-are-obvious-stupid-or-pointless/256800 "2004-07-25T14:13:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-that-at-first-sound-profound-but-really-are-obvious-stupid-or-pointless/256800/82 "2020-11-25T01:09:44Z")

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Here’s another [previous thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failed-maxims/162703), some of whose entries are possibly relevant.

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