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Meanings of golden mean in English

The proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)

        Usage of golden mean in English
        1
        Lincoln's doctrine of the golden mean, became for once a political power.
        Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
        2
        He was content with his ringing assertion of the golden mean.
        Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
        3
        The golden mean, the truth, is no longer recognized or valued.
        Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words
        4
        Yet here, as so often, cannot we find a golden mean between them?
        The Longest Journey
        5
        Not puffed up in prosperity, nor shaken in adversity, always holding the golden mean.
        The Life of John Bunyan
        6
        He easily keeps to the golden mean; he is inspired.
        Religions of Ancient China
        7
        You'll always have a world full of people who keep to the golden mean.
        Youth and the Bright Medusa
        8
        It 's what they call the golden mean; too close, too far, we're strangers.
        Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 2
        9
        To do what one could under the circumstances, was not that the golden mean?
        A Man's Woman
        10
        It is the extremes which are ever the vices; the golden mean is the virtue.
        An Introduction to Yoga
        11
        It certainly would be convenient if this golden mean could be determined automatically and consistently.
        The Guardian
        12
        It was therefore necessary, for the well-being of both services, to discover the golden mean.
        The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
        13
        The snail shell is a symbol of the golden mean and the cycles of life.
        Jamaica Observer
        14
        The " golden mean" is the "high water mark" of real cultivation.
        Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul
        15
        His instinctive aversion to fanaticism found expression in a plea for the golden mean in politics.
        Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
        16
        They are the two objectionable extremes; colonizationists and moderate slave-holders being, I suppose, the golden mean.
        A Visit to the United States in 1841
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