T. E. Lawrence Quotes


All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.


Context

Lawrence of Arabia


Citations

Thomas Edward Lawrence, 1888-1935, English Army Officer, Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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T. E. Lawrence
  • Born: August 16, 1888
  • Died: May 19, 1935
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Soldier

Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB DSO was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.