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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

Samuel Johnson
Distance, May, Too Much
Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.119, Univ of California Press
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.