GOD! 

WAIT A SECOND!

Quote for Today  March 23, 2011


"As she lay dying, Madame de Pompadour summoned up her last strength and called to God, 'Wait a second,' as she dabbed her cheeks with rouge."


From The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, Clifton Fadiman, General Editor, page 455





Painting on top: The 1750 Francois Boucher portrait of Madame de Pompadour [1721-1764] - died aged 42. Jeanne Antoinette Poissan was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death in 1764.