Belarussian Quotes & Sayings

The ignorant man never enjoys. — Swami Vivekananda

Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president? — Alexander Lukashenko

I want to be by your side through everything that's coming, to hold your hand when you're scared and to pick you up when you're weak ... I want you to run to me ... Because I love you. And because you love me. And because I can't go one more day without being able to tell you that as often as it comes to mind. — Catherine Gayle

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em.
I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some.
Imagine all the Hebrews going dumb ...
Dancing on top of chariots and turning tight ones. — E-40

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him. — Alexander Suvorov

We're often silent. We don't yell and we don't complain. We're patient, as always. Because we don't have the words yet. We're afraid to talk about it. We don't know how. It's not an ordinary experience, and the questions it raises are not ordinary. The world has been split in two: there's us, the Chernobylites, and then there's you, the others. Have you noticed? No one here points out that they're Russian or Belarussian or Ukrainian. We all call ourselves Chernobylites. "We're from Chernobyl." "I'm a Chernobylite." As if this is a separate people. A new nation. — Svetlana Alexievich

Connor bangs his head back sharply against the wall, hoping to jar loose the bad thoughts clinging to his brain. This is not a good place to be alone with your thoughts. Perhaps that's why Hayden feels compelled to talk. — Neal Shusterman