savoir vivre
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A career journalist whose wit, flair and savoir vivre became personal trademarks, Bauby saw his fast-paced life come to an abrupt end on Dec. 8, 1995, with the stroke that left him paralyzed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over and around them flowed the smooth current of Parisian savoir vivre which they could not hope to understand, still less to emulate.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore
The Assembly, in fact, was more a school of Parliamentary savoir vivre for its members, than a body in which the people could take any interest.
From Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 by Marx, Karl
Her bright, piquant beauty and fascinating manner, her consummate savoir vivre, her abundant and perfect taste, her knowledge of society, of England and the Continent—all these things counted, she supposed.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram
Competent learning, general cultivation, absolute probity, accuracy of general view, human sympathy, and technical capacity,--how many things are necessary to the critic, without reckoning grace, delicacy, savoir vivre, and the gift of happy phrasemaking!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
