Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764, ) was a member of the French court and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death.
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“Après nous le déluge.
[”After us, the flood.”]”
—Madame De Pompadour (1721–1764)
“And since the average lifetime—the relative longevity—is far greater for memories of poetic sensations than for those of heartbreaks, since the very long time that the grief I felt then because of Gilbert, it has been outlived by the pleasure I feel, whenever I wish to read, as in a sort of sundial, the minutes between twelve fifteen and one o’clock, in the month of May, upon remembering myself chatting ... with Madame Swann under the reflection of a cradle of wisteria.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“Après nous le déluge.
[”After us, the flood.”]”
—Madame De Pompadour (1721–1764)