Anatoly Brusnikin. Bellona (№ 112638)

Notebook wit Schroeder during a long visit of Nicholas I to Dresden uttered a mot, made famous diplomat. To the question "Why is it that you, Andrei, you never married?", the old man bowed replied: "Your Majesty, strictly prohibit gambling and all of gambling marriage - the most reckless".
Joke like. Thanks to her shredder, nothing distinguished themselves in the diplomatic field, was sitting in a quiet, enviable post for a quarter century.