juste milieu

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And the mode of thinking thus designated is already manifesting its importance by one of the most unequivocal signs, the appearance of thinkers who attempt a compromise or juste milieu between it and its opposite.

From Auguste Comte and Positivism by Mill, John Stuart

The juste milieu of brandy, so favored in 1832, if we can believe Mr. Hamilton, was not thought of in 1857.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various

There was not much juste milieu about Huxley.

From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot

With reference to the waist, as to every thing else, the juste milieu is literally the thing to be desired.

From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia

If you put too much cream, you will make the tea cold,—if you put too much sugar, you will make it syrupy,—you must arrive at the juste milieu in a cup of tea!

From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie