Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, duquesa-marquesa de Pompadour y marquesa de Menars, con paridad francesa, conocida como Madame de Pompadour , fue una muy famosa cortesana francesa, la amante más célebre del rey Luis XV, además de una de las principales promotoras de la cultura durante el reinado de dicho rey. 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.