"Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep."
— Benito Mussolini

January 1, 1970

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He has been frequently heard to say, that in this world he would rather live two days like a tiger, than two hundred years like a sheep. — Tipu Sultan, as quoted in A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultaun; Comprising a Narrative of the Operations of the Army under the Command of Lieutenant-General George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam (London, G. and W. Nicol, 1800) by Alexander Beatson, pp. 153-154. [https://indianhistorybooks3.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/99999