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

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

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 Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Here the tact and savoir vivre of Chillingly Gordon came to the rescue of the host.

From Kenelm Chillingly — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Under this curb he controlled himself, and presently, with more savoir vivre than he was conscious of, proposed that they should go out and see the shops.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.