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  • Variety is the spice of life
    Variety is the spice of life
    Changes and new experiences make life delightful.
  • variety is the spice of life
    variety is the spice of life
    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.”

Variety is the spice of life

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  1. Changes and new experiences make life delightful.


variety is the spice of life Idioms  
  1. 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!

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Variety is the spice of life, they say, and by that rule this series is basically sriracha.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2018

Variety is the spice of life and all that, right?

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2015

"Variety is the spice of life," I remarked brilliantly.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy