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He decried that any would
add another hue
unto the rainbow
yet we would ope to
saffron and jade
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He decried that any would
add another hue
unto the rainbow
yet we would ope to
saffron and jade
and pink and rose
and olive and tan
scarlet and indigos
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*the quote is from Shakespeare's King John.
Variety's the source of joy below,
From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,
In books and love the read more
Variety's the source of joy below,
From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,
In books and love the mind one end pursues,
And only change the expiring flames renews.
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.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
[Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]
Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
[Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
