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.

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

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

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.

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.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

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.]

Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.

Variety alone gives joy;
The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.