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It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.

It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love.

Approximate author period: c. 2015 AD · contemporary

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Matshona Dhliwayo
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Approximate author period: c. 2015 AD · contemporary
Approximate 21st-century author period: in his dated first-person account of 15 June 2017, the author describes posting original quotations in 2015. This is an activity anchor, not the composition date of every attributed quotation. Source: https://medium.com/@matshonatdhliwayo/how-i-got-8-million-views-on-google-plus-without-spending-a-penny-a23254e79fbb (accessed 2026-10-08).
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