The quotations below define the figure who said them or the era in which they were spoken. The thing is, none of them are quite right...
1. Let them eat cake
Though most of us know Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, never said “let them eat cake” when told that the people of France had no bread, it’s too good a line to let go.
The quote comes from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions – written before Marie Antoinette was queen - and is attributed to “a great princess”.
Here’s Kirsten Dunst telling it how it is:
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