T. E. Lawrence Quotes


It is possible, starting thus level with them, for the European to beat the Arabs at their own game, for we have stronger motives for our action and put more heart into it than they.


Context

Lawrence of Arabia


Citations

Thomas Edward Lawrence, 1888-1935, English Army Officer, 1917

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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.