An idea from Nicomachean Ethics

Excellence of character sits between two failures, one of too much and one of too little. Courage lies between rashness and cowardice, generosity between wasting money and meanness. Some things have no middle at all. There is no right amount of envy, spite, theft or adultery.

From Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

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