Author of quotes: Vladimir Gilyarovsky

And the carnival is always full, where soup yells. One day, conversing with him for some tea, I was surprised at how deftly he is able to hold the crowd. He replied:
- That is, a crowd - a herd lamb. Where goat, there she is. Where you want to turn. But on the Sukharevka try! Man alone tell, some cobbles of the forest, and even harder to kulaguru steppe, Yes, get him to the shop to go, but convince him it is unnecessary to buy. That, brother, not with the crowd under the Girls, and a hundred times more difficult! And I have over thirty years in the Sukharevka one past the shops failed. And you're the crowd. The crowd... swimming in the winter would persuade!

Between the actors was, of course, a lot of gamblers and billiard players, that post sat in the billiard room of the restaurant Savrasenko on Tverskoy Boulevard, where he conducted a large play for fun. We've also had a provincial celebrity. Of these, two are particularly famous: Michael p. Dokuchaev's an actor and Yegor Yegorovich Bystrov, also a great actor playing all the roles. Egor Bystrov, professional golfer, anyone know how to beat and cheat: with him and went to the verb "to fool"...

Many talents died from poverty.

At the end of the last century about the rules of traffic in the capital and had no idea: neither the right nor the left side did not recognize, was driving - who both wanted a fight, tumbling... all day stood incessant noise.

There was an interesting case. To the tent of one dealer suited lady, long look of the picture and stops at one that says: "Repin" and a label: ten rubles.
- Here's ten roubles. I'm taking the picture. But if it's not real, bring it back. I have friends, where today Repin dinner, and show him.
Brings a lady to a friend the picture shows her I. E. Repin. He laughs. Asks for pen and ink and signed below the picture: "This is not Repin. I. Repin".
This picture came back on the Sukharevka and was sold through repinskoye the autograph for a hundred rubles.

Found, silent, stole, silent, and lost - silent. Keep your mouth shut but listen; I know yours, and maybe that smart hear. Don't argue for nothing - let others talk.