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It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.

Robert A. Heinlein
May, Lions, Easier
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.226, Penguin
It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.