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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour
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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour: Quotes
Crisis and Upheaval
After us the deluge. (
Après nous le déluge.
)
Madame de Pompadour