Stories of celebrities as children

once, Socrates was walking in the street, and someone hit him on the back with a stick, so that he couldn't stand and squatted down, but soon he stood up as if nothing had happened. Seeing that he didn't respond, others who witnessed the whole passing asked him curiously: You were beaten, why didn't you fight back? Socrates replied with a smile: When a wild donkey kicks you, will you return it?

* Bernard Shaw loved riding a bicycle when he was young. Once he broke his leg bone, his female classmate took good care of him. Bernard Shaw was worried that he was weak-willed and would propose to this female classmate. He decided to slip away. But he accidentally fell down the stairs and broke both his legs. As a result, he asked her if she would marry him. When the female classmate nodded, Bernard Shaw fainted.

* A lady said to Mao Mu. But I'm not sure if I'm 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 love him, and whether you are willing to brush your teeth with his toothbrush

* Someone asked Dumas: Why can you enter your old age with equanimity? He retorted disapprovingly, "It took me all my life to live to this day.

* Fang Xuanling, a famous figure in the Tang Dynasty, was seriously ill once when he was not an official. He said to his wife Lushi," If I die of illness, you should not be widowed and remarry. Lushi went to the room and dug out an eye to show that he would never change his mind. Later, Fang Xuanling recovered and rose to the high position of prime minister, always showing great respect for his wife. " The detective novelist said: An archaeologist is the ideal husband. You think, the older something is, the more he likes it.

* Voltaire visited Britain in 1727, and he found that the British hated the French very much. A group of British people shouted at him: Kill him and hang this Frenchman! Voltaire said: English! You want to kill me because I'm French. Isn't it hard enough to be punished because I'm not English? The Englishman laughed and sent him all the way back to his apartment.

* Zhuo Bielin can compose, direct and act, and he is a rare all-round filmmaker. Once, he held a film shooting meeting, and a fly flew around him. At first, he hit him several times with his hand, but he missed, and asked for a fly swatter. During the meeting, he held the fly swatter and posed as a swatter, looking at the fly ruthlessly. However, The comedian shrugged his shoulders and said, this is not the one just now!

* After Li Bai's death, his body was buried at the head of the Quarry River, and poets from all walks of life wrote poems on his grave. Someone wrote a quatrain: Li Bai's poems are famous for ages; Write two lines in the past, and a big axe fell in front of Lu Ban's door.

* In his later years, Ouyang Xiu made painstaking efforts to revise the words he had written all his life. His wife told him not to revise them, saying: Why torture himself like this? Are you still afraid of being scolded by the teacher? Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of being scolded by my teacher, but I'm afraid of being laughed at by future generations.

* Lincoln once dreamed that he was attending a meeting. When he was walking, everyone gave way to Lincoln. At this time, among a large group of people, one whispered," He is just an ordinary-looking person. "When Lincoln heard this, he said," Friend, God likes ordinary-looking people. So he gave birth to many ordinary people.

* Carnegie, the American steel magnate, talks about his secret of success: I think my greatest advantage is that I can arouse people's enthusiasm. The best way to make people do their best is to appreciate him and praise him. The boss's criticism is the easiest way to destroy the confidence in deployment. I haven't seen anyone yet, when being blown away, You can do things better than when you are praised.

* Eliot, president of Harvard University in the United States, said: I think Harvard can really be called a treasure house of knowledge now. But I am thinking that Harvard can become a treasure house of knowledge because freshmen bring knowledge, while seniors leave school with only a little knowledge.

* A famous German doctor, Curtis, once gave a banquet and stood as the host. He had to cut up the roast pig on the table. Distribute it to the guests. He cut the roast pig's chest straight with a knife, then cut it crosswise, and then pulled out the chopped mushrooms and other fillers stuffed into the pig's belly with a quick and excellent method. Then he took out a holster from his pocket, took out the surgical needle and thread from the holster, and sewed up the cut chest. After sewing, he patted the roast pig's chest and smiled and said to the guests: Just investigate carefully and take good care of him. Soon you can walk on the ground.

* Kettledge, a famous professor at Harvard University in the United States, is an authority on Shakespeare. Once, he accidentally stepped on the platform and fell under the platform. He stood up and said to the students with great momentum: After teaching for 4 years, this is the first time that I fell to the same level as the audience!

* Once, there was a performance competition to imitate Zhuo Belin somewhere, and as many as thirty or forty people took part in it. Zhuo Belin himself took part in it anonymously. As a result, he actually won the third place. Zhuo Belin thought it was the biggest joke of his life!

* A female student at Smith Women's University in the United States once came back to her dormitory late for a date with her boyfriend, so she had to climb through the window. But the window was too heavy for her strength to lift. Suddenly, someone came to help her in the window and whispered to her: Don't let others see it. When she climbed in, it was President Wilson, who was smiling.

* Dr. Johnson, whose father ran a big old book stand. Once, It was raining, and his father wanted Dr. John to distribute some books and transport them to the fair for sale. His father called him three times in succession to go, but Dr. Johnson was absorbed in reading a thick and big book at this moment, and pretended not to hear or pay attention to it. His father sighed and had to go by himself. At that time, Dr. Johnson was eighteen years old. Fifty years later, one day at eleven o'clock at noon, the locals saw this bloated figure. Kneeling in the street, he put his hat under his arm, put his crutch aside, bowed his head and knelt in the sun, tears streaming down his face. At this time, Dr. Johnson had become famous, and everyone came to see him. He said to everyone: On the same day and at the same time 5 years ago, I didn't listen to my father, and now I am kneeling here to confess!

* A bartender in Paris said: After a customer has had two glasses of double martinis, I can tell his nationality. The French are in love, the Spanish are dancing, the Germans are boasting, the Italians are singing, the Irish are fighting, and the Americans have to stand up and make a speech.

* Joey Browne traveled to the East during the Pacific War and met General MacArthur, and they took a photo together. The famous star said. However, General MacArthur said: This photo was taken for my youngest son, and he often hoped that his father could take photos with celebrities.

* In his later years, Ouyang Xiu made painstaking efforts to revise the words written in his life every day. His wife told him not to revise them, saying: Why torture himself like this? Are you still afraid of being scolded by the teacher? Ouyang Xiu laughed: I'm not afraid of being scolded by my teacher, but I'm afraid of being laughed at by future generations.

* Mark Twain worked in a newspaper when he was young. Six months later, the editor-in-chief told him not to come back tomorrow. Mark Twain asked why? The editor-in-chief said: Because you are too lazy. Mark Twain listened and smiled and replied: It will take you six months to find out that I am lazy, but I knew it on the first day I entered the newspaper.

* Yang Xiu, a close minister of Cao Cao in the later Han Dynasty, was very smart when he was nine years old. One day, his father was interviewed by Kong Ping, and he was going to entertain him with Yangmei. When Kong Ping saw it, he asked jokingly: Is this the fruit of your family? Yang Xiu immediately replied: I have never heard that peacocks are your poultry!

* When Su Shi was the county magistrate of Hangzhou in Song Dynasty, there was a county resident who made a living as a fan, but it was cold and the fans could not be sold, so he owed taxes. Dongpo asked him to draw dead wood and bamboo stones on it with a fan, and drew more than 2 fans. Only when the county resident walked out of the county gate, someone came to buy it. Therefore, all the taxes owed were paid off.

* Italian Renaissance painter Rafael painted a picture of Maria. There is a maid in the lower left. But there is a big blank right below, and he is thinking about what to make up. At this moment, he sees two children in the window of a nearby bakery from the studio window. The older one is about four or five years old, holding his chin, looking up at the sky and talking to his brother. The younger one is leaning on his arms and listening to his brother. Raphael thinks it is beautiful, so he draws them at the bottom of the picture, and with wings, it becomes two. He replied: I had many dreams, and then I painted around my dreams. Fantasy can make people see the invisible, and will can make the invisible become the visible entity.

* Einstein put forward his view on the success of life at a press conference. He used a mathematical formula to express it: Assuming that A represents a person's success, I can write the following formula: A = X+Y+Z, and X represents work. Einstein replied with a smile: Z is to keep your mouth shut.

* Finnish conductor Boris Sebo and his wife came to the United States to perform. It is said that the house they live in is often haunted. One day, they were awakened by the sound of ghosts. Mrs. Sebo asked her husband to see it, but the conductor said: No, honey, you'd better go. Because your English is better than mine.

* The first concert was held in the imperial palace in Munich, Germany. As soon as the floor in the palace was smooth, he slipped as soon as he entered the palace gate. At this moment, a little princess came to help him up and kissed his hand. Mozart was very grateful and didn't know how to thank him. He said, When I grow up, I must take you as my bride. Everyone burst into laughter.

* American election in 1948. I chased him to the president's house, but I didn't see him. Later, when I met the president, a reporter asked him what happened along the way. President Truman replied: A police car asked us to stop. It seems that an important person is going to pass through this town today.

* Once, a journalist asked Kennedy: How did you become a hero in World War II? Kennedy replied: They sank my cruise ship, and I became famous. We know that Kennedy was aboard the DT-O No.8 dinghy and was sunk by the enemy, so he was injured.

* Socrates' wife was very fierce. Once, she lost her temper and scolded Socrates, and Yu Nu didn't stop, so she took a big bucket of water and poured it on her husband's head. Socrates scratched his wet hair. Once, a friend treated him. During the dinner, he remembered that there was a bottle of good wine at home, so he told his friend to wait and go home to get the wine himself. The friend waited around, but he didn't see Newton coming back, so he had to look into it. It turned out that Newton thought of an experiment on his way home. When he got home, he plunged into the laboratory and started the experiment, forgetting all about taking wine to entertain his friends. Another time, when he was hungry, he boiled eggs to eat, but while thinking about the problem, he put the eggs in the pot. When the problem was solved, when he wanted to eat eggs, he opened the lid and picked up his own pocket watch.

* Sima Guang in Song Dynasty was born into a family of bureaucrats. Wit from an early age, studious. Just turned 2 and was admitted to Jinshi. He is an honest official, and he often uses his spare time to study, and he is determined to write a general chronicle as a reference for people. In order to seize the time to study, he specially made a log pillow. The magical function of the pillow is that as soon as the body turns when sleeping, it will roll, and people will wake up and continue to study knowledge, so it is called "police pillow". Whenever Sima Guang needed a rest, he put a "police pillow" on his pillow. As a result of this study, he finally became a knowledgeable person.