1. It is said that his nickname, ‘incorruptible’, was also recognized by his opponents.
2. When I was young, I was frugal enough to wear worn-out clothes every day, and I was still frugal when I got older.
3. Even after becoming the de facto head of state of France, he commuted to work not from his official residence but from a room rented by Dupleis, a woodworking craftsman. A head of state who goes to work from a rented room in his office is not common even if you look not only in French history but around the world.
4. His only hobbies were reading and walking, and his relationships with women were very pure, other than getting engaged to the renter’s daughter right before his execution. In France, where love is legendary, even the head of state disappeared into history with the French Revolution, having nothing during the great turmoil of the revolutionary period. Among France’s previous heads of state, no one’s private life was as clean as Robespierre. The only comparable figure is Charles de Gaulle, who was loyal only to his superiors.
5. It was also famous for not adding sugar to its tea. One day, Georges Danton came to visit and they were having tea together. When Danton asked for sugar, he said, “There is no sugar in my house. If you drink sugar, you fall into the devil’s temptation.””
He was such an ascetic person that he drank the tea without adding sugar.
6. Still, he kept his clothes and demeanor neat, and especially after he succeeded as a lawyer and escaped poverty, he took great care not to look poor in appearance. In the middle-class formal style of the time, she always powdered her hair, wore a carefully trimmed wig, and wore a brightly colored suit coat. However, this does not mean that he wore excessively expensive clothes, but rather, he adjusted his ceremonial dignity to the extent that it did not compromise his status as a head of state.
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Eat sugar in moderation (
I don’t think other people would have seen such an extreme side;;