Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin was a professional intelligence officer, officer, and a man of flexible mind. Perhaps that is why he became a real philosopher who carefully observed life and commented on it funny. Leonid Shebarshin’s topical and witty aphorisms are interesting simply because their author headed the foreign intelligence service of the KGB of the USSR for many years. His father’s traditions are continued in our time by his son, diplomat Alexei Shebarshin. In his vivid prose, you can find unexpected answers to questions such as how a counterintelligence agent can distinguish a Japanese agent from a Chinese one, or how Bangladeshi spies imitate Azerbaijani fruit traders. This edition includes new, previously unpublished aphorisms by Alexei Leonidovich and Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin.