Every action, all behaviour, was judged-even by people who, like my father, liked to quote Horace and his aurea mediocritas-through the rough sieve ofpatriotism or defeatism.
Ekintza oro, jokabide oro epaitzen zen abertzaletasunaren edo derrotismoaren galbahe zakarraren bidez-berdin egiten zuten, nire aitaren antzera, Horazio eta haren aurea mediocritas gogotik aipatzen zutenek ere-.