Ipse inutili cunctatione agendi tempora consultando consumpsit; mox utrumque consilium aspernatus, quod inter ancipitia deterrimum est, dum media sequitur, nec ausus est satis nec providit.
But Valens by useless delay wasted in discussion the time for action; later he rejected both the plans proposed, and in following a middle course'the worst of all policies in times of doubt'he showed neither adequate courage nor foresight.
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