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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.
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.]
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.
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.]
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.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.
