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Héloïse d'Argenteuil

“[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.”

Héloïse, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
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The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse by Pierre Abélard
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