Tipu Sultan quotes
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“It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.”
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“One day's life of a lion is preferable to hundred years of a jackal.”
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“With the grace of Prophet Muhammed and Allah, almost all Hindus in Calicut are converted to Islam. Only a few are still not converted on the borders of Cochin State. I am determined to convert them also very soon. I consider this as Jehad to achieve that object.”
-- Tipu SultanSource : Letter to Syed Abdul Dulai, January 18, 1790.
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“Do not be fooled by your youthful appearance for very soon it would be taken away from you.”
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“If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you.”
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“But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.”
Source : Billy Collins (2011). “Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems”, p.49, Random House
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