Héloïse (abbess)

"What occasion had you to praise me? praise is often hurtful to those on whom it is bestowed. A secret vanity springs up in the heart, blinds us, and conceals from us wounds that are ill cured. A seduc…"

"Abelard and Heloise", on In Our Time BBC Radio 4"

"A consolatory letter of yours to a friend happened some days since to fall into my hands. My knowledge of the character, and my love of the hand, soon gave me the curiosity to open it. In justificatio…"

"The heart of man is a labyrinth, whose windings are very difficult to be discovered. The praises you give me are the more dangerous, in regard that I love the person who gives them. The more I desire …"

"Heloise at Find a Grave"

"I own, to my confusion, I fear more the offending of man than the provoking of God, and study less to please him than you. Yes, it was your command only, and not a sincere vocation, as is imagined, th…"

"Short history of Abelard and Heloise with reference."

"Newer musical of the story of Abélard and Héloïse"