"Qu'il's Mangent de la Brioche"

"Qu'il's Mangent de la Brioche", spoke Marie Antoinette as she was told that the her kingdom was slowly starving to death. Famously translated to "Let them eat cake".

"Qu'il's Mangent de la Brioche" is recorded as one of the world's most famous historical quotes, representing a perfect example of the inequality in value between the rich and the poor and accounted for one of the many reasons that the French Revolution began. 

Many historians wonder if Marie Antoinette actually said "Qu'il's Mangent de la Brioche", as there is a high likely hood that she didn't. Even if she did declare it, many think it mistranslated.

Infact, "Qu'il's Mangent de la Brioche" doesn't actually mean "Let them eat cake", rather "Let them eat Brioche".

To the 3rd Class society of France, Brioche was known as a "rich" bread made from eggs and butter, and was classed as having the same value as cake. However, a loaf of bread was equal to a weeks wages and the bread, therefore "Brioche" is literally the better, or more valuable, alternative.

None-the-less, said or not said, cake or no cake, the people of France had had enough and it was time for them to undertake the fight for equality.