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noun Poetic and philosophical usages
  1. A position of precise balance between good and evil. Eloquently expressed by Horace (Odes II - 10):
:: Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda, sobrius aula. (He who chooses the golden mean safely avoids both the hovel and the palace).      Source Definition of golden mean
  

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