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Abba Eban Quotes: Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
         

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.


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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.



If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.



Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.



A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.



Israel is not an aviary.

Israel is not an aviary.



You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.



The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.



One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.



Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.



I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.





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You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false.

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Good fortune opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give somewhat when we have largely received, but to afford a vent to the unusual ebullition of the sensations.

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One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.

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The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

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The best things in life are free. And it is important never to lose sight of that. So look around you. Wherever you see friendship, loyalty, laughter, and love...there is your treasure.

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Through our soul is our contact with heaven.

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