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's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.

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.

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.]

All concord's born of contraries.

All concord's born of contraries.

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.

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr read more

For variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity
of something.
[Ger., Weil Verschiedenheit des Nichts mehr ergotzt, als
Einerleiheit des Etwas.]

Countless the various species of mankind,
Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;
No general object read more

Countless the various species of mankind,
Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;
No general object of desire is known,
Each has his will, and each pursues his own.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.