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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.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.
Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.
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.
Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.
Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.
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.
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.
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.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.