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Mikhail Zadornov — Aphorisms about Russia

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Mikhail Zadornov — Aphorisms about Russia
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“A great country with an unpredictable past.”

“Only in Russia can people fighting together beat someone who wants to separate them.”

“Russia is the best Motherland in the world! But the most awkward state.”

“Only a Russian person, if allowed to do whatever he wants, will do nothing at all.”

“Incredibly, the word “devoted” has two meanings at once, and they are mutually exclusive: devoted to someone and betrayed by someone. It seems like for us the difference was always not so significant that there was no need to come up with an extra word. For example, a people betrayed by the government, or a people loyal to the government. I think in order to never make a mistake, we must always say: we Russians are a loyal people.”

“Only a Russian person can drink tea at night, and then spend half the night thinking about whether to go to the toilet now or wait until the morning.”

“Only in Russia, if you drive into the oncoming lane, you can get hit in the ass.”

“Only a Russian person can drunkenly convince a foreigner for 2 hours that we are a country of idiots and punch him in the face when he agrees.”

“A country’s economy is known by its roads, a woman’s neatness by her bathroom, manhood by her handshake, and the state’s care for people by district clinics.”

“When Russian people blame Jews for all their troubles, I want to tell them: “Don’t judge Zhvanetsky by Berezovsky!””

“Only our man can stand on the river bank in admiration and swear at the sunny path.”

“I don’t understand these modern expressions at all: “echelons of power.” They are being cut down, cut back, and their echelons are already upon us.”

“With them, if you come to visit in your own car, you don’t need to take off the brushes and carry them to visit. Carry the battery on yourself.”

“We hate the West, imitating it in everything.”

Translated from Russian · source: wisdomlib.ru

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