I've been and am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen and I'm quite ordinary, and will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.
(Letter)

T. E. Lawrence

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Do not try to do too much with your own hands.

T. E. Lawrence (Twenty-Seven Articles, 1917)

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

T. E. Lawrence (Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1922)

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 (Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1922)

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