sans souci
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He threw me one of those sans souci smiles he’d been tossing at me since the beginning of the year.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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Si l’homme n’a rien au-dessus de la bête, que ne coule-t-il ses jours comme elle, sans souci, sans inquiétude, sans dégout, sans tristesse, dans la félicité des sens et de la chair?”
From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
"Let us seek, even while we live, to be sans souci, and as evidence that I will strive for this, this house shall be called 'Sans-Souci!'"
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Still in that solitary place—on a path rarely trodden—there is no great danger; and knowing this, they dismount and make their bivouac sans souci.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
Then pointing to the grave, he said: "When I lie there—Je serais sans souci!"
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)