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[Marxism] Après nous le déluge!



The expression  Après nous le déluge! was apparently first uttered by Madame
Marquise de Pompadour on 5 November 1757, when Louis 15th showed anxiety
after the defeat of the French-Austrian army by Frederick II's Prussian
troops at Rossbach, despite a three-to-one advantage of soldiers: "Il ne
faut point s'affliger. Vous tomberiez malade. Après nous le déluge!".

Jurriaan


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