“Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.”

—  Francesco Petrarca

As quoted in The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes (2005) by Wendy Toliver. p. 446

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Italian scholar and poet 1304–1374

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