The height of mediocrity is still low.
She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.
People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look - like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.
Poverty and War have no excuse.
People at large are becoming more aware that there is much more to reality and to themselves than what meets the eye.
The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them - to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.