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
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 Amelia Ruth Gere Mason
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 Karl Marx
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 phrase-making!
From Amiel's Journal by Mrs. Humphry Ward
She opened her eyes gravely at the charges; abused herself extravagantly for a lack of savoir vivre; and both with one accord declared it was too hot to eat.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
