Famous quotes containing the words madame and/or pompadour:
“There was also a Nonne, a prioresse,
That of hir smylyng was ful symple and coy;
Hire gretteste ooth was but by Seint Loy.
And she was cleped madame Eglentyne.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?1400)
“Après nous le déluge.
[After us, the flood.]”
—Madame De Pompadour (17211764)