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To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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Certainty... lurks at the door of faith and threatens to devour it.
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