Colonel T. E. Lawrence

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Arab_Bureau
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Arab_Revolt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:born August 16, 1888
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._Nicholas_Church,_Moreton
gptkbp:contributed_to Arab nationalism
gptkbp:died May 19, 1935
gptkbp:education gptkb:Jesus_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:famous_for guerrilla warfare tactics
gptkbp:famous_quote The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.
All men dream, but not equally.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
The most beautiful thing in the world is a man who is not afraid to be himself.
If you want to be a leader, you must be a servant.
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Thomas_Edward_Lawrence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonel T. E. Lawrence
gptkbp:influenced modern Middle Eastern politics
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Wilfred_Thesiger
gptkbp:inspired gptkb:Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)
Lawrence of Arabia (character)
T. E. Lawrence (character in literature)
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:known_for role in the Arab Revolt
diplomatic efforts in the Middle East
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkb:Welsh
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lawrence_of_Arabia
gptkbp:notable_work The Mint
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Author
gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:None
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Seven_Pillars_of_Wisdom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Two_Colonels
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5