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
They may be honest and well-meaning, but they are utterly without savoir vivre.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
She carried to perfection the art of savoir vivre, and though she claimed freedom of thought and action, it was always strictly within conventional limits.
From The Women of the French Salons by Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere
Here the tact and /savoir vivre/ of Chillingly Gordon came to the rescue of the host.
From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 08 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Nor would his encounters be only with people who have culture and savoir vivre; he would meet the Haitian intellectuals—poets, essayists, novelists, historians, critics.
From Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. by Johnson, James Weldon
