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AUREA MEDIOCRITAS [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
DEF

The safe, prudent way between extremes; moderation.

CONT

Most professional performers freely admit to "pre-opening jitters". ... the trick is to find and strike the happy medium between too much and too little tension, stage fright, the jitters, or whatever else you might call it.

OBS

happy: exactly appropriate to the occasion ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

mesure: Quantité, dimension déterminée, considérée comme normale, souhaitable. [...] La juste, la bonne mesure.

CONT

«Garder en tout un juste milieu, voilà la règle du bonheur» (DIDER.).

Key term(s)
  • aurea mediocritas

Spanish

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