Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.

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 | 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.