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Let Them Eat Cake Actual Quote 2025. The original french is ‘qu’ils mangent de la brioche’, that is, ‘let them eat brioche’ (brioche is a form of cake made of flour, butter and eggs). Marie antoinette who was falsely accused of saying, let them eat cake! became the icon of extravagance of french royalty.

This phrase is deeply associated with the outbreak of the revolution. Historians widely agree that marie antoinette likely never said “let them eat cake.” by the time the phrase was associated with her, she had already become an unpopular figure.