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I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.
I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]
Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]
All concord's born of contraries.
All concord's born of contraries.
Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.
Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.
When our old Pleasures die,
Some new One still is nigh;
Oh! fair Variety!
When our old Pleasures die,
Some new One still is nigh;
Oh! fair Variety!
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
The earth was made so various, that the mind
Of desultory man, studious of change
And pleased read more
The earth was made so various, that the mind
Of desultory man, studious of change
And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
