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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4561
AUTHOR:William Cowper (1731–1800)
QUOTATION:He that holds fast the golden mean, 1
And lives contentedly between
  The little and the great,
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,
Nor plagues that haunt the rich man’s door.
ATTRIBUTION:Translation of Horace. Book ii. Ode x.
 
Note 1.
Keep the golden mean.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 1072. [back]
 

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