Author of quotes: Boris Akunin

The worst of enemies is not the one who is a stranger, but the one who is related to you.

The path of a man who loves men is sad and leads to despair because it is fruitless.

Jews like to speak themselves, they do not like to listen to others.

You can't make yarmulkes out of a pig's tail.

There are no unsolvable problems, there are stupid solvers.

If life is a search for yourself, then why drag yourself to the ends of the earth? Sit at home, drink coffee with honey cakes and contemplate your inner world.

A face is even more interesting to read than a book - it will tell more and never deceive.

After all, a Jew is not the one who was born a Jewess, wears sidelocks and does not eat pork, but the one who wants to cleanse his soul. Anyone who makes a covenant with the Lord can become a Jew, and there is absolutely no need to invent stupid prohibitions and cut off a piece of meat for little boys. God will believe a man even without it. ... Judge, he said, himself, O member of the rabbinical council, why does God, who owns all the treasures of heaven and earth, need such a treasure - a piece of your pipiske?

One of the most important commandments of God, overriding all prohibitions, says: be merciful.

It is better to talk to a woman and think about God than vice versa.

Stupidity screams, wisdom whispers.

The fool says he knows. The wise man knows what he is talking about.

The head hurts the one who thinks about the vain and the wicked

The sages say that bodily beauty does not mean anything, but the sages will not lie.