Let Them Eat Cake
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"Let them eat cake!" is a translation of the French "qu'ils mangent de la brioche." While typically attributed to Marie Antoinette, the original source is not settled among historians. Before Antoinette ascended to the throne, some believe Jean-Jacques Rousseau used the phrase while writing about an insensitive aristocrat who offered this advice to peasants unable to afford bread.[1] The line has also been attributed to Maria Theresa of Spain, dating it before Antoinette was born. [2]
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- Let Them Eat Cake (TV series), the BBC comedy TV-series
- Let Them Eat Cake (album), the Motorpsycho album
- "Let Them Eat Cake," a third-season episode of the Rugrats
- "Let 'Em Eat Cake" (Arrested Development episode)
- The phrase is sung by Freddie Mercury in the Queen song Killer Queen [3]
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