“When an evil threatens us, and it is impossible to ward it off, why do we give up ourselves to the unprofitable fear of it, which is yet even more tormenting than the evil itself?” EvilFear Book:The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise Source: The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise
“Let me have a faithful account of all that concerns you; I would know everything, be it ever so unfortunate. Perhaps by mingling my sighs with yours I may make your sufferings less, for it is said that all sorrows divided are made lighter.” LoveSufferingSorrowConcern Book:The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse Source: The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
“Perhaps by mingling my sighs with yours I may make your sufferings less, for it is said that all sorrows divided are made lighter.” SufferingSorrows Book:The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise Source: The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise
“If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by a false and empty consolation, how much more pleasant are letters which bring us the written characters of the absent friend.” FriendshipMemoriesPleasureCompanyMissingRegretFriendsLettersLongingAbsencePortraitsConsolationImagesPictures Book:The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse Source: The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse