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