It was a commonplace even of heathen philosophy, that no man is happy until he is superior to fortune; that his happiness must have an inward source, must depend on his own spiritual state, and not on outward circumstances.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
She is too commonplace and too assuming.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
What do you mean by commonplace?
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee