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