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Countless the various species of mankind,
Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;
No general object read more
Countless the various species of mankind,
Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;
No general object of desire is known,
Each has his will, and each pursues his own.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
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 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.]
