After Rossbach, Madame de Pompadour is alleged to have comforted the queen with the now-famous: "au reste, aprs nous, le Dluge" ("Besides, after us, the Deluge") and Italy emerged from the war diminished and virtually bankrupt.
After Rossbach, Madame de Pompadour is alleged to have comforted the king with the now-famous: "au reste, apres nous, le Deluge" ("Besides, after us, the Deluge"). 
