Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander. - T. E. Lawrence
The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
- T. E. Lawrence
Do not try and do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them,… - T. E. Lawrence
Do not try and do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them,…
The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped. - T. E. Lawrence
The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.
It is difficult to keep quiet when everything is being done wrong, but the less you lose your temper the greater your advantage. Also then you will n… - T. E. Lawrence
It is difficult to keep quiet when everything is being done wrong, but the less you lose your temper the greater your advantage. Also then you will n…
He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed. - T. E. Lawrence
He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed.
Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day. - T. E. Lawrence
Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day.
Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it. - T. E. Lawrence
Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it.
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the in… - T. E. Lawrence
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the in…
You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I… - T. E. Lawrence
You wonder what I am doing? Well, so do I, in truth. Days seem to dawn, suns to shine, evenings to follow, and then I sleep. What I have done, what I…
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