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Lovett or Leave It
It was mentioned in the context of a discussion about the quote 'Let them eat cake', where it was revealed that Rousseau described a great princess who said 'Let them eat brioche' in this book, but it was misattributed to Marie Antoinette.
While you could argue that it never was said by anyone exactly, Jean-Jacques Rousseau described a great princess in his 1765 book Confessions that said let them eat brioche.
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It was mentioned in the context of a discussion about the quote 'Let them eat cake', where it was revealed that Rousseau described a great princess who said 'Let them eat brioche' in this book, but it was misattributed to Marie Antoinette.
While you could argue that it never was said by anyone exactly, Jean-Jacques Rousseau described a great princess in his 1765 book Confessions that said let them eat brioche.