“Better a live dog than a dead lion.”
“A living dog's better than a dead lion.”
“The day of death is better than the day of birth, a live dog is better than a dead lion, and the grave is better than poverty.”
“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”
“It's better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.”
“any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man”