God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself; I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.

Héloïse

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Topic

Ulterior motives Purity of love Love

Author

Héloïse

Source

Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

1132 1130s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Nun Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Héloïse. Letter to Abelard. c. 1150.

Current Citation

Héloïse. "Letter 2: Heloise to Abelard." The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, edited and translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Books, 2004.

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But miserable most, to love unloved?
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Topic
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Current Citation

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Speaker
Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury
Language
Latin
Time
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Era
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Citation

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Medium
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Genre
Political literature
Language
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Time
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Era
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Current Citation

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The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

Juvenal

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Topic
Traveling lightly Travel

Author

Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Latin
Time
2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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