variety is the spice of life

proverb

Variety is what makes life interesting.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. Variety is what makes life interesting.
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    Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.

    1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 多样性是生活的调味剂
  • 多样性是生活的调味剂variety is what makes life interesting
Czech změna je život
  • změna je životvariety is what makes life interesting
Finnish vaihtelu virkistää
  • vaihtelu virkistäävariety is what makes life interesting
French il faut varier les plaisirs
  • il faut varier les plaisirsvariety is what makes life interesting
German Abwechslung versüßt das Leben
  • Abwechslung versüßt das Lebenvariety is what makes life interesting
Hungarian úgy szép az élet, ha zajlik, a változatosság gyönyörködtet
  • úgy szép az élet, ha zajlikvariety is what makes life interesting
  • a változatosság gyönyörködtetvariety is what makes life interesting
Norwegian forandring fryder
  • forandring frydervariety is what makes life interesting
Polish różnorodność jest przyprawą życia, różnorodność nadaje życiu smak
  • różnorodność jest przyprawą życiavariety is what makes life interesting
  • różnorodność nadaje życiu smakvariety is what makes life interesting
Portuguese diversidade é o tempero da vida
  • diversidade é o tempero da vidavariety is what makes life interesting
Russian Разнообразие – это изюминка жизни.
  • Разнообразие – это изюминка жизни.variety is what makes life interesting
Spanish en la variedad está el gusto
  • en la variedad está el gustovariety is what makes life interesting
Swedish omväxling förnöjer
  • omväxling förnöjervariety is what makes life interesting
Cite this entry
APA

variety is the spice of life. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variety%20is%20the%20spice%20of%20life

MLA

“variety is the spice of life.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variety%20is%20the%20spice%20of%20life. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “variety is the spice of life,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variety%20is%20the%20spice%20of%20life.

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