Famous Stories

Once, Socrates was walking on the street. Someone hit him on the back with a stick. The pain was so painful that he could not stand and squatted down, but soon, He stood up again as if nothing had happened. Bystanders who witnessed the whole incident saw that he had no reaction and asked him curiously: Why didn't you fight back when you were beaten? Socrates smiled and replied: When a wild donkey kicks you, will you kick it back?

＊Bernard Shaw liked to ride a bicycle when he was young. Once he fell and broke his leg. His female classmate took care of him very considerately. George Bernard Shaw was worried that he would not be strong-willed and would propose to this female classmate, so he decided to run away. Walk. But he accidentally fell from the stairs to the bottom of the stairs and broke both legs. As expected, he asked her if she would marry him. When the female classmate nodded, George Bernard Shaw fainted.

* A woman said to Maugham: I have been with a man for a long time, but I am not sure whether I have fallen in love with him. This famous writer has a very unique view on the test of love. He said: There is only one way to test whether you really fall in love with him. Are you willing to brush your teeth with his toothbrush?

* Someone asked Alexandre Dumas Say: Why can you enter your old age calmly? He retorted disapprovingly: It took me a lifetime to survive until today.

* Fang Xuanling, a famous prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, once fell seriously ill when he was not an official. He said to his wife, Mrs. Lu: If I die of illness, you should not be a widow but remarry. Mrs. Lu went to the room and dug out one eye to show that she would never change her integrity for the rest of her life. Later, Fang Xuanling recovered from his illness and rose to the position of prime minister. He always respected his wife very much.

＊Female novelist Agatha. Christie's husband is an archaeologist. Once, a friend asked him at a gathering: How would you feel if an imaginative woman like you married a man who played with antiquities? The detective novelist said: An archaeologist is the most ideal husband. If you think about it, the older the thing is, the more he likes it.

* Voltaire visited England in 1727. He found that the English hated the French very much. A group of Englishmen roared at him: Kill him and hang the Frenchman! Voltaire said: English! You want to kill me because I am French. Isn't it enough that I am not punished for not being British? The British laughed loudly and sent him back to his apartment safely.