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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.
Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.
Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
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 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.
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.]
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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 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.
