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Let them eat cake

  1. A saying that shows insensitivity to or incomprehension of the realities of life for the unfortunate. Rousseau , in his Confessions, tells of a great princess who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, “Let them eat cake.” This statement is often, and incorrectly, attributed to Marie Antoinette .


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