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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.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
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.]
All concord's born of contraries.
All concord's born of contraries.
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!
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.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
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.
