if amour propre is a virtue, then this actress's memoirs are among the greatest declarations of love ever written
Recent Examples on the WebWhite is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022 But Britain, its amour propre stung at losing such a treasure, halted its export and raised money to keep it in the country.Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 As Joe Biden has frankly noted, Mrs. Biden sought the Dr. honorific to rebuild her amour propre. Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020 Underneath its gleaming promise of public scholarship, Wikipedia is a community that teems with its own authorities and cognoscenti, with all the high-handedness, Byzantine bylaws, and amour propre of any cultural institution on 5th Avenue. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020 Fundamental to Chinese amour propre is the belief that the language is too difficult for foreigners, who will never master its complete set of characters. Peter Neville-hadley, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017 There is no such thing as private satisfaction of amour propre. David Lay Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017 Concessions at this stage would damage national amour propre to an unacceptable degree. Patrick N. Theros, Time, 26 July 2017 See More