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What is a common quote or saying that makes no sense? Please explain why you think so.

Share a common quote or saying that makes no sense. Please explain why you think so.
For example, "you're only as young as you feel."

The saying is, at best, ambiguous - at worst, dangerously misleading.

How one feels is not merely a matter of optimism or magical thinking;
it's far more likely to be an objective indicator of good health.

Research shows that people's chronological age is often very different to their real physical age.
A fit sixty-year-old can have the bone density, heart-rate and energy of a forty-year-old,
while an obese forty-year-old can have diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
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bijouxbroussard · F Best Comment
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
That’s a crock. What doesn’t kill you can still scar you for life, and there’s no guarantee of becoming stronger as a result.

“Everything happens for a reason.” No. Most things have a direct or indirect [b]cause[/b], but life itself is pretty random otherwise.
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@bijouxbroussard Perfect examples. I was thinking of “everything happens for a reason” too. Something that is to be consoling but never really seemed that way to me.