Great People Don’t Like to Joke
by Three funny stories about famous people.
A story of historian
The famous German historian Theodor Mommsen was very absent-minded. Once upon a time on the train, he rummaged in all the pockets to find glasses. The little girl, who was sitting nearby, offered them to him .
- Thank you, baby – the scientist said. – What is your name?
- Anne Mommsen, Daddy, – answered the girl.
who understands better?
Alexander the Great did not like his portrait, painted by the famous Apelles. Alexander didn’t not find similarity in it. Bucephalus, seeing his host’s image, neighed of joy.
“Your horse understands the art better than you,” – sarcastically said the artist.
Great difference
Balzac once scolded his housekeeper:
- Lying is not good. We should never hide the truth from our neighbors.
- But you said yourself that when a lawman comes in order to distrain the property, I had to say that you were not at home.
- That’s it – the writer remarked. – Well, the bailiffs do not belong to our neighbors.
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