I first blogged about the aphorisms of Ninus Nestorović back in December of 2007. Ninus was recently in touch with some new aphorisms, deftly translated by his 15-year-old daughter, Tea. Ninus is a journalist, satirist, and ex-professional footballer who lives in Novi Sad, Serbia. These sayings come from his book 11:52. In an email accompanying the aphorisms, Ninus wrote he believed I would like them — and I do!

To hide from the truth, a person need not stand behind the television, but in front of it.

The poor will leave their children everything they don’t have.

With clean hands you preserve health; with dirty hands, authority.

My city has more churches than hospitals. Were there a God, the numbers would be reversed.

Were the eyes nearer the heart than the mind we’d see differently.

Translated from Serbian into English by Tea Nestorović.