“It is better to live ten years at a thousand [miles per hour] than a thousand years at a ten”
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From the lyrics of his song Vida Louca, Vida (Life, Crazy Life)
“This led me to extend my inquiry into the origin of all religions, and this again led to an enquiry into the origin of nations and languages; and ultimately I came to a resolution to devote six hours a day to this pursuit for ten years. Instead of six hours daily for ten years, I believe I have, upon the average, applied myself to it for nearly ten hours daily for almost twenty years. In the first ten years of my search I may fairly say, I found nothing which I sought for; in the latter part of the twenty, the quantity of matter has so crowded in upon me, that I scarcely know how to dispose of it.”
Undated letter at Godfrey Higgins http://burghwallis.com/village/articles/higgins.htm biography.
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