Après moi, le déluge
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apr-s-moi-le-d-luge-189-16009316
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Après moi, le déluge
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"Après moi, le déluge" is a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France, or in the form "Après nous, le déluge" to Madame de Pompadour, his favourite. It is generally regarded as a nihilistic expression of indifference to whatever happens after one is gone. Its meaning was translated in 1898 by E. Cobham Brewer in the forms "When I am dead the deluge may come for aught I care", and "Ruin, if you like, when we are dead and gone.". One account says that Louis XV's downcast expression w
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French phrase
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apr%C3%A8s_moi,_le_d%C3%A9luge
date created:
2015-05-21T17:11:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T14:14:18Z
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