Variety is the spice of life

Changes and new experiences make life delightful.

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Idioms and Phrases

Diversity makes life interesting, as in Jim dates a different girl every week—variety is the spice of life, he claims . This phrase comes from William Cowper's poem, “The Task” (1785): “Variety is the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.”

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Variety is the spice of life, after all!

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On the one hand, it affords more variety, and variety is the spice of life.

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Variety is the spice of life — wait, that is overused as well.

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Variety is the spice of life, they say, so you might want to check out these very different new crime novels.

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“Variety is the spice of life. �� a dull world it would be if we all looked the same.”

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