Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Pompadour márkinője , francia polgárleány, XV. Lajos francia király hivatalos, elsőszámú ágyasa, . Wikipedia
“One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.”
Said while the French financial system was on the verge of collapse, as quoted in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) by E. Cobham Brewer. Brewer states that this was sometimes attributed to the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, but that he was probably simply quoting Madame de Pompadour.
“After us, the deluge. I care not what happens when I am dead and gone.”
Said while the French financial system was on the verge of collapse, as quoted in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) by E. Cobham Brewer. Brewer states that this was sometimes attributed to the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, but that he was probably simply quoting Madame de Pompadour.