Author of quotes: Henry Rider Haggard. Page 4

Give me enough money and I buy the king his Sultana.

Oh, the one who is in the pocket of the crown, may wear the crown.

Before them was a magnificent garden. All around rose cone-shaped cypresses and orange trees, and flowering shrubs filled the soft, southern air with fragrance. From the mouths of stone lions beat fountains. In different parts of the garden were arranged in a gazebo, on the stone benches lay colored pillows. It was a truly Eastern area of enjoyment. Peter had never seen anything like it. Besides, he saw no sky, no flowers during the long, weary weeks of illness. The garden was completely isolated, it was surrounded by a high wall, and only in one place between two cypresses towered tower of red stone, with no Windows belonging to some other building.
Is the harem garden, - whispered she. Lots of favorites here fluttered in happy summer days until winter came and the butterfly was not killed.

- It turns out that joy and trouble go hand in hand.

- It is known that woman for an hour can change your mind.

Because in those days it was believed that the affections of princes and princesses should be directed in advance by the way, crowned best their parents and carers.

- While the person is alive, we should not lose hope.

And I involuntarily thought of the vicissitudes of life and how suddenly changes its course wheel of fortune.

Mankind is blind and deaf to those, on whose head fell the shame; the one who humiliated and helpless, alone in life and can not count on mercy.

They came in groups of four and kept a sort of stretcher made from animal skins, which at each corner was attached a loop to make it easier to carry. Incidentally, such a stretcher is always a lot in each group kukrinsko army. On these skins, which seemed endless, was lying wounded. As they were brought, they hastily examined by doctors who relied ten in each regiment. If the wound was not severe, the injured warrior was carried away and carefully treated, because, of course, allowed the existing conditions. But if the condition of the wounded was hopeless, under the pretext of a medical examination one of the doctors opened him with a sharp knife the artery, and the poor quickly and painlessly died. Of course, it's terrible, but, on the other hand, is not a true expression of mercy?

When a person is expert in only one case, he seeks to maintain his prestige for their skills.

Women's eyes are always good, no matter what they may be in color.

Sweet kisses and caresses with women, but the ringing of copies, and the smell of human blood so much sweeter.

If you weren't British, I wouldn't believe it. But English gentlemen do not speak false words.