| 词汇 | avoid extremes |
| 词源 | avoid extremes. Common to many languages, avoid extremes has been traced back as far as the writings of Pittacus of Mity- lene (652–569 b.c.), one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Ovid has it “You will go more safely in the middle,” and Aristo- tle, “Moderation in all things.” |
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