“For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?”

— John Steinbeck , book Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Variant: What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
Source: Travels with Charley: In Search of America

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American writer 1902–1968

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