Book: Planet Water

Two and a half thousand years ago the wise man said: "the Kingdom, the lost harmony, not saved, and anyone who tries to do it will lose harmony myself."

... but still, as they say in Russia, the words "salary" and "pathetic" the same root.

To the rescue, as usual, came the wisdom of the ancients. Many centuries ago, at the dawn of thought and the earliest concepts of human dignity were formulated probably the best of Maskim: "the Noble man is defeated only if it ceases to be a noble husband."
So I'm not defeated, I said to myself Fandorin.

Long known truth: there's nothing worse defeat. Especially if you're not fallen, fighting, and ended up captured and forced to see how evil exults victoriously.

A true gentleman is a free man. A free man - one who has a choice. Quality of life is determined not by wealth and status, but only the palette of choice. More diverse than the choices a person has at each stage of life, the higher the level of its existence. Therefore, half-starved tramp lives better than a well-fed slave, especially if the slave does not think about the release.

A noble man is a fool who rushes with his generosity as with a written sack, and therefore always ends bad.

The importance is the quality of the individual, the absolute number is, and how it a sign - plus or minus, is insignificant. Sign and you can change. Every great man is a treasure. And a good enemy if to incline him to their side, you may have a good one.

The meaning of "the noble husband insurmountable obstacles does not happen."
However, this Maxim is, and the ending is less well-known: "And if he can't climb the cliff, she in this life, will die and will overcome an obstacle in life next."

Fandorin thought grimly that the most dangerous people in the world - poets have power over human destiny. The ruler must be a being down-to-earth, pragmatic and devoid of artistic imagination. Otherwise there will be trouble.

God fan of heavy death those whom prepuce loves. I too want in the throes of death. I that sins may be forgiven. Many of them were...

Here my eyes went out - so what? And nothing. It turns out that vision is the heart of it on unimportant distractions.

People who have had a happy childhood, smiling and holding differently than those who in childhood was miserable.
If you look closely, the first can always be distinguished from others.

There are many foolish and harmful sayings, having the status of indisputable truth.
One of the most stupid - "one man is no man". Only a loner and can be a true warrior - one who is not fulfilling someone's orders, and directs the war itself.

Absolute solitude is the first step to inner peace and great Quietness, which do not penetrate the sounds of the mortal world.