Quote#Kindness
He saw me shivering, partly I think, with cold, and made it whistle…
Quote byT. E. Lawrence · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922), Chapter 80, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence.
English (original)
He saw me shivering, partly I think, with cold, and made it whistle over my ear, taunting me that before his tenth cut I would howl for mercy, and at the twentieth beg for the caresses of the Bey; and then he began to lash me madly across and across with all his might, while I locked my teeth to endure this thing which lapped itself like flaming wire about my body.
— T. E. Lawrence
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