golden mean
Example Sentences
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‘A golden mean exists between security and deprivation.’
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
In this way, the virtuous action will be the golden mean, neither too much nor too little.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
And yet, she still recommends Aristotle's "golden mean," which she summarizes as "the right emotion or the right action for the right context in the right amount."
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
Others hope to strike a golden mean between full ripeness and not so much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2016
I’d rather choose the golden mean, which isn’t so golden, and keep my thoughts to myself.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
