And the life is the leveler of the words, up or down.
"Quiet Talks on Service"
S. D. Gordon
Men spoke kindly to her, but none offered to help her, because Woe was the great leveler and all were on the same footing.
"Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror"
Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows
That great leveler, a common trouble, put Henrietta Sloane, the stewardess, and the women of the party at the same table in the after house, where none ate, and placed the responsibility for the ship, although, I was nominally in command, on the shoulders of all the men.
"The After House"
Mary Roberts Rinehart