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    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.

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Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]

Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]

by Jean De La Fontaine Found in: Variety Quotes,
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The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

by Publilius Syrus Found in: Variety Quotes,
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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.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Variety Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Terence Found in: Variety Quotes,
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Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

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Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

by Aphra Behn Found in: Variety Quotes,
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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.]

by Jean Paul Richter Found in: Variety Quotes,
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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

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