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 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! 
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.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
 Variety alone gives joy;
 The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.  
 Variety alone gives joy;
 The sweetest meats the soonest cloy. 
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
 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. 
All concord's born of contraries.
All concord's born of contraries.
 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. 
 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.]