Sense of proportion

RELATIVITY OF RANKING / THE ESSENTIAL UNITY OF DIFFERING THINGS

the wisdom of the 'middle road', avoidance of exaggerations and extremes, compromise is best

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: Aqu

Aquilina, J.: A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs 1972 Malta: The Royal University of Malta.. MALTESE/ENG*,ARAB,ENG,GER,ITA,FR,SPA,PERS,AFR>ENG*,>FR*

Proverb on page: 284. Proverb number(s) on page: 42. Proverb on page: 443. Proverb number(s) on page: 41.

Le trop est le frère du moindre (Arabic) / Ogni estremità è vizio / Allzu viel ist ungesund /Enough is enough /Overdone is as bad as underdone (Japanese)

Abbreviation: DesR

DesRuisseaux,P.: Le Livre des Proverbes Quebecois 1974 Montreal: L'Aurore.. FR

Proverb on page: 314.

Abbreviation: DS I

Wander,K.F.W. (ed.): Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon I 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 49.

Abbreviation: DS IV

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon IV 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 1632. Proverb number(s) on page: 1635, 1636.

Zu viel ist zu viel und zu wenig ist nicht genug.

Abbreviation: DS V

Wander,K.F.W.: Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon V 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 6661.

Abbreviation: Dür II

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen II 1875 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 746, 495.

Trop est trop / Was zuviel ist, ist zuviel / Förmycket är förmycket.

Abbreviation: Gri

Grigas, Kazys: Patarli#u paralelés. Lietuvi#u patarlés su latvi#u, baltarusi#u, rus#u, lenk#u, etc. 1987 Vilnius: Vaga.. LITH,LETT,BELORUS,ENG,FR,GER,GRE,ITA,LAT,POL,RUS,SPA

Proverb on page: 455. Proverb number(s) on page: 460.

Abbreviation: Hla

Hla Pe: Burmese Proverbs 1962 London: John Murray.. BURMESE/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 460.

Too much carp makes the curry insipid =too much of a good thing (translation Burmese)

Abbreviation: KL

Virtanen, Leea (ed.): Kasvantaviärät leuvat: savolaisia sananparsia. 1964 Helsinki: Savolainen osakunta.. FIN

Proverb on page: 54.

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 8558.

Rigorous justice is often injustice (Slovenian)

Abbreviation: PC

Jente,R.: Proverbia Communia. A Fifteenth Century Collection of Dutch Proverbs together with the Low German version. Folklore series 4. 1947 Bloomington: Indiana University publications.. DUT/ENG*,ENG,GER,GRE,LAT

Additional number(s) and notes: (66).

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 339. Proverb on page: 340.

Abbreviation: PS II

Hakamies et al.: Proverbia Septentrionalia II (a database and manuscript in the Finnish Literature Society) 2001 (Helsinki / Tartu). FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 1506.

Abbreviation: Sb

Strömbäck, Kasper: Svenskt-nordiskt ordspråks-lexikon: eller De skandinaviska folkens ordspråk. (The copy of the manuscript in m.s. Kungliga Biblioteket) Stockholm. 1857-1886. SWE,DAN,NOR,FÄRÖ,ICE,(ENG,FR,GER,GRE,ITA,LAT)

Proverb on page: 326. Additional number(s) and notes: F.

Abbreviation: Sca

Scarborough,W.: A Collection of Chinese Proverbs. 1875 Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press.. CHIN/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 2001.

By all means avoid extravagance (translation Chinese)

Abbreviation: Sin III

Singer, S.: Sprichwörter des Mittelalters III 1944-1947 Bern: Herbert Lang & Cie.. GER,(LAT,FR etc.)

Additional number(s) and notes: (31).

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 60, 711, 1586.

Plenty is no dainty / Too much pudding may choke a dog / Allzuviel ist ungesund / Copia nauseam parit (Latin) /Il troppo stroppia / La abundancia trae fastidio

Abbreviation: Swi

Swierczynska, Dobrosl#awa -- Swierczynski, Andrzej: Patarliu z#odynas. 9 kalbom. (Lietuvishkosios dalies sudarytoja Rasa Kashetiene) 2000 Vilnius: Tyto Alba.. LITH, POL, ENG, FR, SPA, GER, RUS, ITA, LAT

Proverb number(s): 360.