The most serious damage was to the Bank of China's amour-propre.

In this way the appearance of complete equality could be preserved and the amour-propre of both satisfied.

The Speaker's visible role wounded the Reagan Administration's amour-propre.

The wonder is that a man so easily wounded in his amour-propre could soldier on through setbacks, contumely and disgrace.

Arousing his amour-propre, which in the case of public men should be avoided, it caused Lord Saxenden to look no further into the matter.

His command to the chorus, "Rejoice, old men, you are ruled by a king again," pretty much defines him and his suffocating amour-propre.

My disgruntlement was supreme, my amour-propre enraged, my bile overboiling.

The Case of Amour-Propre.

J'imagine que cela flatte ton amour-propre.

Rousseau contrasts it with amour-propre, which also means "self-love", but in which one's opinion of oneself is dependent on what other people think and which arises only with society.

Amour-propre (French, "self-love") is a concept in the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that denotes a self-love that depends upon the opinion of others.

The term amour-propre predates Rousseau and is found in the writings of Blaise Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, Pierre Nicole and many others.

In contrast, amour-propre is artificial and encourages man to compare himself to others, thus creating unwarranted fear and allowing men to take pleasure in the pain or weakness of others.

Of course you could: amour-propre is as much an entitlement of the literary class as log-rolling, which means you could also vote for a friend, a lover, a client or a colleague.

Besides, Chanel's and Dinesen's reputations remain intact whether or not their amour-propre does after Avedon fixes them in his gaze; Mr. and Mrs. Nobody have less to comfort them.

Thus wounded in his amour-propre, Victor now transferred his allegiance to the Bourbon dynasty, and in December 1814 received from Louis XVIII the command of the second military division.

If she was passed over in the celebrated memo, it was probably because she is a satisfactory interviewer by early-morning standards, yet not so compelling a personality as to threaten Mr. Gumbel's sense of amour-propre.

In most ways this book reflected great credit on both poets, and was affecting evidence of their mutual trust, of how their common dedication to the poetic calling had precluded any taint of rivalry or wounded amour-propre.

Whatever the justice of the situation-and I had to admit that at least some of it lay on his side-my sense of amour-propre was deeply offended at the thought of being beaten, by whomever and for whatever reason.

David Christie Murray, one of the leaders of the pro-Dreyfus movement in England, mentioned O'Rell's letter and announced a withdrawal of an appeal to French journalists, because it might offend the French amour-propre.

Claude Terrail, 78, who inherited the restaurant from his father in 1947, said in a written statement, "When I heard that a star was going to be amputated from the Tour d'Argent, I was profoundly wounded in my amour-propre."

But their dates - at least 1,000 years before historians thought the Chinese first met Europeans - implied that the horses, chariots and bronze swords accompanying the mummies had been introduced into China by Europeans, thus upsetting the amour-propre of the Chinese.

As an actor, Gielgud was praised to the skies by such vastly different arbiters - from him and each other - as Bertolt Brecht and Lee Strasberg; as a man, he was, as Alan Bennett remarked, "entirely without malice or amour-propre."

How happy you are to have a son so distinguished by his talents, by the variety and solidity of his acquirements, and, withal, as modest as if he knew nothing,--in these days, too, when youth is generally characterized by a cold and scornful amour-propre.

This idea of art as inherently transgressive and artists as automatic free spirits has little to do with art and a great deal to do with the amour-propre of artists - particularly minor artists - who never relish having their sloppy thinking exposed and unexamined assumptions questioned.

The chief of Police suffers a great deal from amour propre.

Komendant cierpi dużo z miłości własnej.

"Yes, no matter at what cost to your amour propre.

"Tak, żadna sprawa w co koszcie do twojej miłości własnej.

The government, he added, with care for French's amour propre, "have all possible confidence in your troops and yourself."

Rząd, dodał, ostrożnie dla miłości własnej francuskiego, "mieć całe możliwe zaufanie do twojego wojska i siebie."

But, all the same, it offends my amour propre.

Ale, tak czy inaczej, to uraża moją miłość własną.

"We Russians enjoy our winters," he pointed out, with a little amour propre.

"We Russians lubić nasze zimy," wskazał, z trochę miłości własnej.

A lot of the guys are big and strong and can be a bit sensitive about their amour propre.

Dużo faceci są potężni i silni i móc być trochę wrażliwy o ich miłości własnej.

He did so, the account continued, not out of'personal dignity or amour propre '.

Zrobił tak, konto trwało, nie na zewnątrz of'personal godność albo miłość własna '.

His thigh muscles and his amour propre were severely bruised.

Jego mięśnie uda i jego miłość własna były poważnie posiniaczone.

The corporate owner had the least to lose in terms of reputation, but amour propre would not allow him to assume responsibility without real cause.

Dotyczący spółki właściciel miał najmniej przegrać pod względem reputacji, ale miłość własna nie pozwoliłaby mu wziąć odpowiedzialność bez prawdziwego powodu.

In this most blessed form fame is indeed something more that the expensive piece of our amour propre, as Schopenhauer has called it.

W tej najświętszej formie sława jest rzeczywiście czymś jeszcze że drogi kawałek naszej miłości własnej, ponieważ Schopenhauer zadzwonił do tego.

'It is probably a misunderstanding - but then there is always the question of amour propre.

'To jest prawdopodobnie nieporozumienie - ale przecież jest zawsze pytanie miłości własnej.

'Another time,' he observed, 'I must be more careful of his amour propre.

'Innym razem,' zauważył, 'muszę być ostrożniejszy z jego miłości własnej.

And so he went back quite eased in his mind, but considerably bruised in his amour propre.

Zatem wrócił całkowicie złagodzony w jego umyśle, ale znacznie posiniaczony w jego miłości własnej.

They are soon disabused by their fellow students, and in ways which are not necessarily calculated to soothe the individual's amour propre.

Oni są niedługo wyprowadzony z błędu przez ich kolegów ze studiów, i w drogach, które koniecznie nie są obliczone uspokoić miłość własną osoby.

'Never mind the amour propre,' I said.

'Mniejsza o to miłość własna,' powiedziałem.

But what was amour propre when weighed in the balance with the realization of Naniescu's wonderful daydreams?

Ale co był miłością własną kiedy wnikliwie oceniony ze spełnieniem cudownych marzeń Naniescu?

And he thought of the amour propre Bosinney had stolen from him in those far-off days of trouble.

I pomyślał, że z miłości własnej Bosinney okradł go za te dalekie dni kłopotów.

'You talk about betrayal of the country when all I see is an interdepartmental squabble in which your amour propre has been dented.

'Rozmawiasz o zdradzie kraju gdy wszystko, w czym widzę jest międzywydziałową sprzeczką, w której twoja miłość własna została wgnieciona.

His current work is centered on Rousseau, especially on notions of recognition, self-love (amour propre) and rationality.

Jego aktualna praca jest zrównoważona na Rousseau, szczególnie na pojęciach rozpoznania, dbałość o siebie (miłość własna) i racjonalność.

Amour propre ensured that France would emulate Britain (its first test in the Sahara came in 1960).

Miłość własna zapewniła, że Francja będzie naśladować Wielką Brytanię (jego pierwszy test z Sahary wszedł do 1960).

My amour propre is very low this afternoon and having a young woman coming in, radiant with efficiency and success, is more than I can bear."

Moja miłość własna jest w bardzo złym stanie dziś po południu i mając wchodzącą młodą kobietę, promiennik z wydajnością i sukces, jest więcej niż mogę nieść. "

Her extraordinarily acute and accurate intelligence is thus conveniently put upon the table, and the amour propre of man is kept inviolate.

Jej niezwykle ostra i dokładna inteligencja jest w ten sposób na korzystnych warunkach wykorzystywać stół, i miłość własna człowieka jest trzymana nietknięty.

In business they address themselves wholly to their own profit, and give no thought whatever to the hopes, aspirations and amour propre of their antagonists.

W biznesie oni przemawiają do siebie całkowicie do ich własnego zysku, i nie dawać żadnej myśli cokolwiek do nadziei, aspiracji i miłości własnej ich antagonistów.

'It is far easier to satisfy the amour propre of the chief of police than to satisfy national pride.

'To ma daleko spokojniej zaspokoić miłość własną komendanta niż zaspokoić dumę narodową.

Amour propre (Editions Veve 1984)

Miłość własna (Edycje Veve 1984)