28 September 2006 Quips
Allow me to translate some Serbian aphorisms for you. (NB: “aforizam” does not even translate to “aphorism”, and my English is nowhere near good enough to do this)
- We like the truth so much that everybody got her own. - Dragan Šušić
- Kosovo has been and will be Serbian. Its final status will be decided too. - Svetislav Travica
- We will invent new enemies. Our old ones are of no more use to us. - Milan Simić
- This government unites the nation. Everybody is against it. - Zoran Stanojević
- The state doesn’t allow things to be done willy-nilly. That’s why we have organized crime. - Aleksandar ÄŒotrić
- If you can’t figure out your way out of this situation, change the situation. - DuÅ¡ko Radović
- It’s not good when people expand the frontiers of love for their country. - Milovan Vitezović
- Books were always lined up against the wall. - Milenko Pajović
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pengovsky- wrote on Oct 3, 08:16 PM:
I love the last one! Podjseca me na onu "pusenje skracuje cigaretu!" :)
Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Serbia: “Aphorisms”- wrote on Oct 6, 05:24 AM:
[...] Dictionary of the Serbian Mess translates some pretty hilarious political statements. Here’s one: “This government unites the nation. Everybody is against it. - Zoran Stanojevic.” [...]
Katja- wrote on Oct 7, 12:47 PM:
We will invent new enemies. Our old ones are of no more use to us. - Milan Simić
Damn that one could serve as the motto of the current administration in the U.S.!
Damn that one could serve as the motto of the current administration in the U.S.!
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