"Insruit et natum: Medioque ut limite curras, Icare, ait, moneo. Ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas; si celsior, ignis adurat. Inter utrumque vola."
— Ovid

January 1, 1970

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My son, I caution you to keep The middle way, for if your pinions dip Too low the waters may impede your flight; And if they soar too high the sun may scorch them. Fly midway. — Book VIII, lines 203–206; translation by Brooks More