#poise

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband). ↗

— James Thurber

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Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts. ↗

— Plotinus

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