mortals
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Can anything we mortals create stand the test of time?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Reading the toplofty Mr. Grantham, one can almost hear the voice of Shakespeare’s Puck—“What fools these mortals be.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Next in order came a few mortals so excellent in their art that they almost equaled the divine performers.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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