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Madame de Pompadour
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“After us, the deluge.”
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“Canada is useful only to provide me with furs.”
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“Every day, I wish to make the world more beautiful than I found it.”
Madame de Pompadour, French salon host
(1721 - 1764)
Full name: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour. Best known as Madame de Pompadour.