Jean-Jacques Rousseau: I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: "Well, let them eat cak

I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasan — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I remembered the way out suggested by a great princess when told that the peasants had no bread: "Well, let them eat cake".

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