"Belles-Lettres" is a word in ENGLISH
Polite or elegant literature; the humanities;
-- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and
taste are predominant.
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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A pilot, Michael Jordon, Bill Gates, the Pope, and a pizza delivery man were all in a plane together traveling through stormy conditions.Suddenly, the pilot came running back to the passengers and announced that lightning had hit the plane, and they were going to crash in a matter of minutes. "There are only enough parachutes for four of the five of us," he announced. "Since I'm the pilot, I get one!" After saying this, the pilot grabbed a parachute and jumped out of the plane."I'm the world's greatest athlete," proclaimed Michael Jordon. "This world needs great athletes, so I must live." Michael Jordon then grabbed a parachute and leaped out of the plane."I'm the smarest man in the world," bragged Bill Gates. "The world needs smart men, so I must also live!" Bill Gates grabbed a parachute and jumped out of the plane.At this point, the Pope began to speak. "I have lived a long life compared to you, and you may take the last parachute. I will go down with the plane.""You don't have to stay here! The world's smartest man jumped out of the plane with my backpack."
After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.
Read the complete definitionElegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
Read the complete definitionIn the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
Read the complete definitionfíno - (Sp.) Fine, nice, well made or done, elegant, beautiful, delicate, tasteful, exquisite, refined, polite, polished, dainty. (cf. maáyo, …
Read the complete definitionThe branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
Read the complete definitionHence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish …
Read the complete definitionHigh finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.
Read the complete definitionCourteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
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