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`` Let them eat cake '' is the traditional translation of the French phrase `` Qu'ils mangent de la brioche '' , supposedly spoken by `` a great princess '' upon learning that the peasants had no bread .. French. French language. brioche. brioche. Since brioche was a luxury bread enriched with butter and eggs , the quote would reflect the princess 's disregard for the peasants , or her poor understanding of their situation .. brioche. brioche. While it is commonly attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette , there is no record of this phrase ever having been said by her .. Queen Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette. It appears in Jean-Jacques Rousseau 's Confessions , his autobiography -LRB- whose first six books were written in 1765 , when Marie Antoinette was nine years of age , and published in 1782 -RRB- .. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Confessions. Confessions ( Rousseau ). autobiography. autobiography. The context of Rousseau 's account was his desire to have some bread to accompany some wine he had stolen ; however , feeling he was too elegantly dressed to go into an ordinary bakery , he recollected the words of a `` great princess '' .. As he wrote in Book 6  : Enfin je me rappelai le pis-aller d'une grande princesse a qui l'on disait que les paysans n'avaient pas de pain , et qui repondit  : Qu'ils mangent de la brioche .. brioche. brioche. At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess , who , on being informed that the country people had no bread , replied , `` Then let them eat pastry ! ''. Rousseau does not name the `` great princess '' and he may have invented the anecdote , as Confessions was , on the whole , not a very reliable autobiography .. Confessions. Confessions ( Rousseau ). autobiography. autobiography. anecdote. anecdote