• Also quoted by Generale Armando Diaz in "Il pensiero dei leoni" in Il Carroccio. The Italian review (1922) attributed to graffiti by an unknown soldier https://archive.org/stream/ilcarroccioitali15newyuoft#page/14/mode/2up
• Though not precisely a repetition of any of them, this is somewhat resembles far earlier remarks attributed to others:
• An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.
• Attributed to Alexander the Great, in The British Battle Fleet : Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day (1915) by Frederick Thomas Jane
• To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.
• Tipu Sultan, as quoted in Encyclopedia of Asian History (1988) Vol. 4, p. 104
• It is far better to live like a tiger for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.
• Tipu Sultan, as quoted in Tipu Sultan : A Study in Diplomacy and Confrontation (1982) by B. Sheikh Ali, p. 329
• I should prefer an army of stags led by a lion, to an army of lions led by a stag.
• Chabrias , as quoted in A Treatise on the Defence of Fortified Places (1814) by Lazare Carnot, p. 50
• 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. http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/7905/212261_Origin_And_Conduct_Of_The_War_With_Tipoo_Sultaun.pdf https://indianhistorybooks3.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/99999990039373-view-of-the-origin-and-conduct-of-the-war-with-tipoo-sultan.pdf
Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep." in the context of "Attributed in "Duce (1922-42)" in Time magazine (2 August 1943)
• Also quoted by Generale Armando Diaz in "Il pensiero dei leoni" in Il Carroccio. The Italian review (1922) attributed to graffiti by an unknown soldier https://archive.org/stream/ilcarroccioitali15newyuoft#page/14/mode/2up
• Though not precisely a repetition of any of them, this is somewhat resembles far earlier remarks attributed to others:
• An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.
• Attributed to Alexander the Great, in The British Battle Fleet : Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day (1915) by Frederick Thomas Jane
• To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.
• Tipu Sultan, as quoted in Encyclopedia of Asian History (1988) Vol. 4, p. 104
• It is far better to live like a tiger for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.
• Tipu Sultan, as quoted in Tipu Sultan : A Study in Diplomacy and Confrontation (1982) by B. Sheikh Ali, p. 329
• I should prefer an army of stags led by a lion, to an army of lions led by a stag.
• Chabrias , as quoted in A Treatise on the Defence of Fortified Places (1814) by Lazare Carnot, p. 50
• 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. http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/7905/212261_Origin_And_Conduct_Of_The_War_With_Tipoo_Sultaun.pdf https://indianhistorybooks3.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/99999990039373-view-of-the-origin-and-conduct-of-the-war-with-tipoo-sultan.pdf" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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