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Après_moi,_le_déluge

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Après moi, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ mwa lə delyʒ]; lit. 'After me, the flood') is a French expression attributed to King Louis XV, or in the form "Après nous, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ nu lə delyʒ]; lit. 'After us, the flood') to Madame de Pompadour, his favourite.[1][2] It is generally regarded as a nihilistic expression of indifference to whatever happens after one is gone.[3][2][clarification needed] Its meaning was translated in 1898 by E. Cobham Brewer in the forms "When I am dead the deluge may come for aught I care", and "Ruin, if you…

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