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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.]
With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
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.
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.
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.]
Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]
Diversity, that is my motto.
[Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.