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The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.
Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.
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.
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.
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
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.]