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T.E. Lawrence quotes: The fringes of their deserts were strewn with broken faiths.

The fringes of their deserts were strewn with broken faiths.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day.

Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.

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 quotes: If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of listening to me.

If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of listening to me.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Bedouin ways were hard even for those brought up to them, and for strangers, terrible: a death in life.

Bedouin ways were hard even for those brought up to them, and for strangers, terrible: a death in life.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed ...

He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed ...

T.E. Lawrence quotes: To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife.

To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Since the adventure some of those who worked with me have buried themselves in the shallow grave of public duty.

Since the adventure some of those who worked with me have buried themselves in the shallow grave of public duty.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Half a calamity is better than a whole one.

Half a calamity is better than a whole one.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Always my soul hungered for less than it had

Always my soul hungered for less than it had

T.E. Lawrence quotes: I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands/and wrote my will across the sky in stars

I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands/and wrote my will across the sky in stars

T.E. Lawrence quotes: There is an ideal standard somewhere and only that matters and I cannot find it. Hence the aimlessness.

There is an ideal standard somewhere and only that matters and I cannot find it. Hence the aimlessness.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it.

Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.

Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: The greatest commander is he whose intuitions most nearly happen.

The greatest commander is he whose intuitions most nearly happen.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.

Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: My will had gone and I feared to be alone, lest the winds of circumstance, or power, or lust, blow my empty soul away.

My will had gone and I feared to be alone, lest the winds of circumstance, or power, or lust, blow my empty soul away.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand.

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 quotes: Mankind has had ten-thousand years of experience at fighting and if we must fight, we have no excuse for not fighting well.

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 quotes: The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armory of the modern commander.

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armory of the modern commander.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.

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 quotes: Immorality, I know. Immortality, I cannot judge.

Immorality, I know. Immortality, I cannot judge.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.

The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.

A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are.

Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: The literature of disease is more interesting to me than all the healthy books.

The literature of disease is more interesting to me than all the healthy books.

T.E. Lawrence quotes: 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 quotes: I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly,

I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly,

T.E. Lawrence quotes: The beginning and ending of the secret of handling Arabs is unremitting study of them.

The beginning and ending of the secret of handling Arabs is unremitting study of them.