juste milieu
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As an attempt to prove that the juste milieu met with popular approbations I think the experiment was a failure.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
The state of things called for decision, and knowing the condition of affairs in the Carrousel, I preferred siding with the juste milieu, for once in my life.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
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
He is the juste milieu of the day, and, biding his time, he offers to his contingent supporters “chameleon’s diet—eating the air promise-crammed.’
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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
