death is the great leveler
proverb Death makes everyone equal because everyone is susceptible to death. All of us on this planet are playing the same game. Death is the great leveler. Death doesn't care if you're rich or poor—death is the great leveler. A: "You may think you have nothing in common with these rich and famous actors, but keep in mind that death is the great leveler." B: "Wow, that's an uplifting thought!"
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Death is the great leveler.
Prov. Death makes everyone equal, because it does not spare anyone, not even the wealthy, famous, or talented. (Also the cliché: the great leveler, death.) The wealthy tycoon lived as though he were exempt from every law, but death is the great leveler and came to him the same as to everyone else. We hoped that the brilliant pianist would entertain us with her music for many decades, but death, the great leveler, did not spare her.
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