Quote#Money & Wealth
He that holds fast the golden mean
Quote byWilliam Cowper · 1731–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Translations, Translation of Horace, Odes, bk. 2, no. 10.
English (original)
He that holds fast the golden mean, 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.
— William Cowper
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