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
You have the bearing and the savoir vivre of a French marquise, and from your oracular sayings I have seen that you are as familiar with the time as a watchmaker is.
From Napoleon and Blucher by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
Oh dear me, how much more savoir vivre I'll have when I'm eighty.
From Tutors' Lane by W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon) Lewis
As assafœtida is used for haut gout, so does one season the finest savoir vivre by sundry bold incivilities.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
I have never known a man of the world so single-hearted, or a saint with so much savoir vivre.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
