Kathy Mattea

So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone.

American Musician

Ezra Taft Benson

We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. We are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end.

American Leader

Samuel Johnson

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

English Writer

Edgar Allan Poe

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

American Poet

Kurt Vile

Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most.

American Businessman

Sophocles

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

Greek Poet

Horace

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Roman Poet

Euripides

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Mary Baker Eddy

American Theologian

Use 'mortal' to emphasize something's limited duration or vulnerability to end.

Mortality and Time

'Mortal' often contrasts with 'immortal', spotlighting the finite nature of life or objects.

Opposite of Eternal

'Mortal' can describe ideas or periods that will eventually end, not just living things.

Not Always Literal

When 'mortal' is a noun, it's a philosophical way to refer to humans emphasizing our shared fate.

Human Condition

Use 'mortal' to stress common human weaknesses or the inevitability of death for all.

Shared Vulnerability

Describing something as 'mortal' can imply a serious, life-threatening risk.

Seriousness of Danger

Emphasize the gravity of a situation by calling the danger or injury 'mortal'.

Consequences Are Fatal

Use 'mortal' to describe feelings or situations of intense, often frightening magnitude.

Extreme Emotions

'Mortal' can be used to hyperbolically stress the seriousness of non-lethal situations.

Hyperbolic Expressions

 where she opened a kitchen to fill the bellies of the people until they could eat no more. But it was not only mere mortals who were served at her feast. Humbled at the scenes of earthly pleasure blooming all around him, Lord Shiva himself approached the goddess with an empty bowl and begged for food and forgiveness.

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 where it is obvious that there is not an autocratic government in this world that regards the spread of social media in their own country as anything other than a mortal threat that's the good news here potentially is the bad news and it's about democracy we're used to the in story story of insurgents versus

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 the virus replicates within helper T cells, destroying many of them in the process. During this stage, patients often experience flu-like symptoms, but are typically not yet in mortal danger. However, for a period ranging from a few months to several years,

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 or if he had peppered his account with a little too much detail -- and we're all really glad he didn't do that -- he would have further discredited himself. Freud had it right. Freud said, look, there's much more to it than "No mortal can keep a secret.

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 He's just an aging mortal with really bad knees, and maybe he's never going to ascend to that height again. And maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins, and what is he then to do with the rest of his life? This is hard.

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 if that warthog's still alive it's still a mortal danger to her and yet it's just another day in the life of one of africa's top predators this standoff could go on for hours even days the light and our time is running out

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 which settled in her spirit and sent her eagerly out into the world. The second was a heavy box, ornately curved, heavy to hold – and screwed tightly shut. But the contents, Zeus told her, were not for mortal eyes.

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 Gaston drives the blade home a mortal wound to a bull that fought the good fight but could not win the battle death with honor is still bittersweet another day in the ring another contest between life and death

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 because of a disruption of your sleep-wake rhythms. So you may have heard of that old maxim that you can sleep when you're dead. Well, I'm being quite serious now -- it is mortally unwise advice.

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 But Arachne had no interest in boosting godly egos. Her tapestry showed the gods abusing their squabbling amongst themselves, drinking and bragging, and meddling in the lives of mortals.