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T. E. Lawrence Quotes

T. E. Lawrence quotes

British Soldier August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935

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T. E. Lawrence quote: "He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed..."
He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed... T. E. Lawrence
I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. T. E. Lawrence
In peace-armies discipline meant the hunt, not of an average but of an absolute; the hundred per cent standard in which the ninety-nine were played down to the level of the weakest man on parade…. The deeper the discipline, the lower was the individual excellence; also the more sure the performance. – T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "I wrote my will across the sky, in stars"
I wrote my will across the sky, in stars T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the..."
We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "Mankind has had ten-thousand years of experience at fighting..."
Mankind has had ten-thousand years of experience at fighting and if we must fight, we have no excuse for not fighting well. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of..."
If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of listening to me. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to..."
Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand. T. E. Lawrence
All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas! T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and..."
This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap..."
The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. T. E. Lawrence
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the indifferent heaven. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail."
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail. T. E. Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence quote: "To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not..."
To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. T. E. Lawrence

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