Citations de Abba Eban

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His ignorance is encyclopedic.
 
Better to be disliked than pitied.
 
Non puoi conquistare nulla senza dare fastidio a qualcuno.
 
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
 
Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
 
Gli uomini e le nazioni si comportano saggiamente solo dopo aver esaurito ogni altra alternativa.
 
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
 
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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