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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.] 
 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.] 
 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 alone gives joy;
 The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.  
 Variety alone gives joy;
 The sweetest meats the soonest cloy. 
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.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
 Every change of place becomes a delight.
 [Lat., Omnis mutatio loci jucunda fiet.]  
 Every change of place becomes a delight.
 [Lat., Omnis mutatio loci jucunda fiet.] 
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.