Napoleon Insults Germaine de Staël

>Germaine de Stael, a prominent female writer and ardent supporter of Napoleon's work, was excited to finally dine with him >At the dinner, she asked "whom do you suppose is the greatest woman in history?" >Napoleon answered "whichever one had the most children" to the then-childless noblewoman >de Stael and Napoleon never spoke again after this exchange

A dramatic painting shows Napoleon Bonaparte riding a rearing white horse while wearing a bicorne and red cloak. The caption recounts his tactless answer to Germaine de Staël's question about the greatest woman in history, implying that motherhood and having many children define greatness. The meme is used as a sarcastic reaction to blunt, socially awkward, or misogynistic remarks. EN: A dramatic painting shows Napoleon Bonaparte riding a rearing white horse while wearing a bicorne and red cloak. The caption recounts his tactless answer to Germaine de Staël's question about the greatest woman in history, implying that motherhood and having many children define greatness. The meme is used as a sarcastic reaction to blunt, socially awkward, or misogynistic remarks.

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