Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

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.

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr read more

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr ergotzt, als
Einerleiheit des Etwas.]

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.