Virtue is not terrible, and virtue is terrible when it is in a high position. Society is not much affected by the badness of a small person. But it will definitely have a far-reaching impact because of the words and deeds of a big person.
I once saw a story, a story that deserves the deep consideration of others, or the story that many people learn. The protagonist of the story is President de Gaulle. If there are still noble knights in modern times, I think there must be a man named de Gaulle.
Many high-ranking people, who love to pretend to be simple in appearance, shout selflessness in their mouths, and are keen to be Oscars. The whole family eats fat and strong, which must be said to be the swelling of the whole body caused by "overwork".
De Gaulle was tall and handsome, never putting on a show and shouting slogans. It is such a bright-looking person who finally died of "poverty". And some seemingly poor people eventually die of sexual immorality, or rich disease.
This is the difference between Debo and Dehou.
De Gaulle during the Brigadier General period
De Gaulle did not covet wealth or power in his life. He was the savior of the French. Whenever France was in crisis, he would certainly come forward in time, but never regarded himself as a savior, and vigorously opposed all acts of worshipping himself. When the old man who had dedicated his life to France left the Elysées, the only requirement was to buy an old bookcase.
I don't love beauty and status, but I love books and an old piece of furniture. It can be seen from this that President de Gaulle was also a man of great affection and righteousness, and even filled with feelings for one of the things he used.
The staff of the Elysee Palace told him with tears: "Sir, don't say an old bookcase, the whole of France is created by you, you can take it directly." But this stubborn old man insisted on spending money to buy under the premise of openness and justice.
Charles de Gaulle and his bookcase
Suddenly do it with evil and small, and ignore it with good and small. Today you can take an old bookcase, and tomorrow someone else may learn to auction off the entire Eiffel Tower. Even before his retirement, de Gaulle taught his successor a lesson and left a valuable spiritual legacy for france as a whole. Therefore, he has been the spiritual leader of modern France, as well as a symbol.
After retirement, this stubborn old man did not go out all day, did not act as a consultant for some large companies, or wrote everywhere to find gold, nor did he contract projects for his relatives in disguise. Several of the children are also engaged in ordinary low-grade occupations, and live in cheap and ordinary wards.
Because he refused the presidential pension, he insisted on taking only a meager brigadier general's pension and had to bear the high cost of treatment for his two children. De Gaulle's life became more and more difficult, and he fell into poverty. Became one of the few poor presidents in the world.
Elderly charles de Gaulle
In the end, the old man could only sit at the typewriter and write books to earn money. Even when he wrote a book, he did not use his influence to promote it. Otherwise, with the respect the French have for him, he could have become a billionaire in an instant with a copy of De Gaulle's biography. In order to be worthy of the publisher, he wrote very carefully, and eventually died of overwork and exhaustion in front of the typewriter.
Eat without farming, and rest without work. He loves to put on a show, eats nothing without any shame... These are social vampires.
In fact, de Gaulle could instantly become a billionaire by writing only two words of help on a blank piece of paper, or asking French schools to use their own "vulgar articles" as teaching materials, but he did not do so.
De Gaulle, who was reviewing the army
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. This is the essential difference between politicians and politicians, or the essential difference between the nobility and the turtle. The real aristocracy is not how much money he drives and how many women he sleeps with, but in his words and deeds. De Gaulle knew that his words and deeds would affect others in the future, so he was still strict with himself in death.
As Hannah Arendt put it: An ordinary man who has no morals can only harm one party at best. If a person in a high position has no morality, the whole society must suffer, and the righteous person must become a street rat. After all, justice and virtue are a pair of natural enemies, and virtue must be accompanied...
Some say that Saladin was the first knight to be recognized by both East and West. The second knight to receive this honor, then, was none other than Charles de Gaulle. His aristocratic spirit represents the noblest chivalry.