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serious crayons:
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I think I've heard that quote is apocryphal, but if she did say it, I think she said "eat" (or, more likely, "mange") -- and look what happened to her!
CellarDweller:
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serious crayons:
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Well, there you go! She can't even exactly quote her own quote.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 25, 2017, 06:58:55 pm --- :laugh:
I think I've heard that quote is apocryphal, but if she did say it, I think she said "eat" (or, more likely, "mange") -- and look what happened to her!
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Even if it is apocryphal, the full line is, "If they have no bread, let them eat cake."
Again, even if apocryphal, the context had something to do with bread and/or food riots in Paris. Cake was so much more expensive than bread, that the quotation was supposed to show how disconnected the queen was from the people, also possibly how ignorant she was of the lives of ordinary people.
CellarDweller:
I just love the part where she says everyone got "pissy".
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