[UC] Let the brothels of Paris be opened ...

[Benseraglio2]

In a message dated 12/7/2004 8:42:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The French is _Qu'ils mangent de la brioche_ (not _gateau_ as one might expect).  And Queen Marie-Antoinette did *not* say this. (When famine struck Paris, she actually took an active role in relieving it.)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau attributed the words to "a great princess" in book 6 of his _Confessions_.  _Confessions_ was published posthumously, but book 6 was written 2 or 3 years before Marie-Antoinette arrived in France in 1770. Ah, mais ouis, Marie-Antoinette was such a good, loving, humble queen. Kinda reminds me of Judy Rodin back in the day. Rumor has it that she spent most of her 800,000 francs annual salary on charity, reserving for herself only such trifling luxuries as nail polish, lipsticks and the occasional trip to Aix for breast augmentations.   "Let the brothels of Paris be opened  With many an alluring dance  To wake pestilence through the city  cried the beautiful queen of France."     http://rosslynnbender.org/gentry.html