'Let them eat cake'
1789
No evidence Marie Antoinette said it
Confirmed
The line is attributed to Marie Antoinette, but there is no evidence she said it. A similar phrase appears in Rousseau's writing when she was a child.
No evidence Marie Antoinette said it
The line is attributed to Marie Antoinette, but there is no evidence she said it. A similar phrase appears in Rousseau's writing when she was a child.