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"Obviously, [insert statement that is ostensibly so obvious.]" -- If it's so obvious, then it should go without saying.
"It goes without saying...." -- Then don't say it.
"More than" (e.g. "You're more than welcome to...." / "I'm more than grateful...." -- If it's really the case, then why not say exactly what you mean rather than some phrase suggesting some ambiguous degree?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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