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The Golden Mean

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The golden mean: each virtue sits between two vices—excess and deficiency—located by practical wisdom, not by a formula.

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Courage lies between recklessness and cowardice; generosity between waste and stinginess. The midpoint moves with the situation.

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The mean is not moderation in all things—there is no right amount of murder. Some acts have no mean.