Portuguese term
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
A variedade é o tempero da vida.
What I'm looking for is an ** example sentence ** that displays more creativity than the one I found:
"Variety is the spice of life and I enjoy doing many different things." (Duh!!!)
Ideally, the example should contain the phrase in question and be limited to ONE sentence only.
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L2: EN-US
Register: idiomatic (must contain the term phrase), other than that, creative writing!
| 4 +1 | Variety is the spice of life, and monotony is its poison. |
Lucas Pocis
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| 4 +1 | Variety is the spice of life |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 3 | What is life without whimsy? |
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Dec 31, 2022 02:10: Muriel Vasconcellos changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Lara Barnett, philgoddard, Muriel Vasconcellos
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Proposed translations
Brazil
EN PT & FR -> PT/EN
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) , English (Variants: US, British) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 3 more.
Variety is the spice of life, and monotony is its poison.
"Variety is the spice of lie, and monotony is what threatens it"
I like poison more because it has something to do with "spices", you add spices to a food to make it tasty, and you add poison to it to kill someone, whereas monotony actually kills your will to be alive.
| Interesting. I like the juxtaposition of "spice" and "poison", and I couldn't agree more with you on that. :-) |
| agree |
Nick Taylor
: Never heard of the "momotony" bit. Chapeau mon ami!
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Merci beaucoup!
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United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Variety is the spice of life
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Note added at 25 mins (2022-12-30 22:33:12 GMT)
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variety is the spice of life
phrase of variety
PROVERB
new and exciting experiences make life more interesting.
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Note added at 26 mins (2022-12-30 22:34:27 GMT)
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From Definitions from Oxford Languages
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Note added at 29 mins (2022-12-30 22:38:00 GMT)
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It's a well-known expression. There isn't anything similar with the same meaning.
| Thank you, Muriel. I know the meaning and the translation. I'm looking for an example sentence that includes the phrase in question. Maybe my explanation wasn't very clear. |
| agree |
Nick Taylor
: Right on the nail Muriel! happy new year :-)
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Thank you, Nick. Happy New Year to you!
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Brazil
Trilingual translator and proofreader
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Japanese to Portuguese, and 3 more.
What is life without whimsy?
However, if the idea is to post something entirely creative, then my choice would be "A life without variety is nothing but a pale shade of gray," and a two sentence alternative "Colors are life - And a life without variety is nothing but a pale shade of gray"
Thank you for the fun challenge!
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Note added at 1 day 12 hrs (2023-01-01 10:33:03 GMT) Post-grading
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Oh I see what you mean.
Well, I would rephrase it as:
"Variety is the spice of life, And a life without variety is nothing but a pale shade of gray".
Alternatively, if some liberty can be taken with the "variety of life," then I would go with: "Variety is the color of life - And a life without variety is nothing but a pale shade of gray".
https://raisingthecurtain.net/tag/whats-life-without-whimsy/
| Thank you. Indeed, life becomes gray in the absence of variety. How would you rephrase your example sentence so that it includes the term phrase "Variety is the spice of life"? |
Discussion
Yes, it's monolingual English, but it doesn't really belong on KudoZ since you already know the meaning.