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You are the embodiment of one of my favorite words. Sprezzatura "a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to b
by ianmcgowan 7y ago
You are the embodiment of one of my favorite words. Sprezzatura "a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it" and also more briefly "studied carelessness".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprezzatura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprezzatura
- rorykoehler 7y agoThere is a very good cafe and roastery beside an old client of mine in KL called Sprezzatura. I as least assumed it was a made up name! It’s actually an exceptionally good name for this type of business.
- rusk 7y agoNice word!
- 3minus1 7y ago> Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. --Michael Caine
- jt0 7y agoOriginally from the very readable Book of the Courtier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Courtier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Courtier