Now they [the Powers] have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why not fight to the death? Empress Dowager Cixi More Quotes by Empress Dowager Cixi More Quotes From Empress Dowager Cixi Whoever makes me unhappy for a day, I will make suffer a lifetime. Empress Dowager Cixi unhappy suffering lifetime Your tail, is becoming too heavy to wag. Empress Dowager Cixi wags becoming tails