“It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.”
"Is Life Worth Living?"
1890s, The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)
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American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842–1910Related quotes

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(1868–1941) German World Chess Champion and grandmaster, contract bridge player, mathematician, and philosopher
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