美 (beauty) 辭 (express) 麗 (fine) 句 (phrase) Such a pretty concept, and yes, it may very well sound as frivolous(?) as "chi-chi boutiques".
This is the age of mass consensus, the age of the hard-working man. Belles lettres can be used to subordinate the pursuit of pure beauty and the sublime, although the subtle mockery is often lost on the earnest denizens of the Orient.
In any case, certain amount of guilt and embarrassment now accompanies cultivation of style and finesse, even when we have the means to pursue it, and a facile way of approaching it seems to be parody and satire.
I wish we could never be ashamed of our belletristic quests. We should not try to disown the more exquisite exploits of our litterae humaniores.
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