In this world I would rather live two days like a tiger, than two hundred years like a sheep.

Tipu Sultan

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Topic

Dominance and submission

Speaker

Tipu Sultan

Language

English

Time

1800 1800s 19th century

Occupation

National leader

From

India Asia

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sultan, Tipu. Quoted in A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan, written by Alexander Beatson. W. Bulmer and Co., 1800, ch. 10.

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I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that Fate and character are the same conception.

Novalis

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Topic
Character Fate
Speaker
Heinrich von Ofterdingen

Author

Novalis
Source
Heinrich von Ofterdingen
Language
German
Time
1802 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Novalis. Heinrich von Ofterdingen. Berlin, 1802, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Novalis. Henry von Ofterdingen. Dover Publications, 2015, pt. 2.