No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

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.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr read more

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr ergotzt, als
Einerleiheit des Etwas.]