Story 1. I can eliminate this gap at any time.
Napoleon was only about 1.6 meters tall. Once he was lecturing in the army, a general who was about 1.8 meters tall was talking. This man was more than a head taller than Napoleon, but Napoleon proudly said to him,' General, I hope you understand a truth. Although there is a head gap between your height and mine,
Napoleon's short story 2. Are you longer than me?
Napoleon was less than 1.7 meters tall, and he was most afraid of being called short.
one day, he wants to get a book on the shelf. As the book was too high for him to reach, he asked someone to bring him a stool.
At this time, a general who happened to be there said, "Your Majesty, don't lift the stool. Let me get it for you, because I am taller than you."
"Are you saying that you are longer than me?" Napoleon immediately corrected it.
Napoleon's short story III. Who should be punished
Someone showed Napoleon a poem, saying that it satirized the emperor by innuendo. He suggested that the emperor severely punish the author of this poem.
"If you want to be punished," Napoleon replied coldly, "it is you who should be punished, not the author, because you said that I am similar to what was written in the poem."
Napoleon's short story IV. Sitting
Some people who are dissatisfied with Napoleon spread gossip, saying that he secretly learned the code of conduct from Talm because he didn't sit or stand, and he was often at a loss.
after learning such rumors, Napoleon deliberately approached Talm at a grand party and said loudly, "I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear teacher, for teaching me to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor and hold the scepter firmly."