I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no superm… - T. E. Lawrence

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

T. E. Lawrence

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Thomas Edward Lawrence [T. E. Lawrence] (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer known for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Commonly referred to as Lawrence of Arabia, he adopted T. E. Shaw as a pseudonym.

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Native Name: Thomas Edward Lawrence

Alternative Names: Lawrence of Arabia • of Arabia Lawrence • John Hume Ross • T.E. Lawrence • Thomas Edward Shaw

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