--- title: "1 Follow Thee Quotes By Heloise" description: "1 Follow Thee quotes by Heloise. Plus more from Heloise and more Follow Thee sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/heloise-27050_abandonment_a-s-though-mindful-of-the-wife-of-lot-wh_2879511.png" --- > [ “\[A\]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first to the sacred garments and monastic profession before thou gavest thyself to God. And for that in this one thing thou shouldst… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/a-s-though-mindful-of-the-wife-of-lot-who-looked-back-from-behind-him/) [Héloïse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/heloise-27050_abandonment_a-s-though-mindful-of-the-wife-of-lot-wh_2879511.png) ## More by Heloise > [The name of mistress instead of wife would be dearer and more honourable for me, only love given freely, rather than the constriction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/the-name-of-mistress-instead-of-wife-would-be-dearer-and-more/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [Frozen peas can be shelled very fast with a wringer-type washer. Put a pan on one side of the wringer to catch the peas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/frozen-peas-can-be-shelled-very-fast-with-a-wringer-type-washer-put-a/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [The heart overwhelmed by grief knows no rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/the-heart-overwhelmed-by-grief-knows-no-rest/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [Would that thy love, beloved, had less trust in me, that it might be more anxious!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/would-that-thy-love-beloved-had-less-trust-in-me-that-it-might-be/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [I am convinced by a sad experience that it is natural to avoid those to whom we have been too much obliged, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/i-am-convinced-by-a-sad-experience-that-it-is-natural-to-avoid-those/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [ “\[I\]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/i-t-is-not-by-being-richer-or-more-powerful-that-a-man-becomes-better/) [Héloïse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/what-cannot-letters-inspire-they-have-souls-they-can-speak-they-have/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/we-fluctuate-long-between-love-and-hatred-before-we-can-arrive-at/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/it-is-not-the-deed-but-the-intention-that-makes-the-crime/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [the higher the step of advancement, the heavier is the fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/the-higher-the-step-of-advancement-the-heavier-is-the-fall/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/prosperity-seldom-chooses-the-side-of-the-virtuous/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/riches-and-power-are-but-gifts-of-blind-fate-whereas-goodness-is-the/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [“God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself. I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/god-knows-i-never-sought-anything-in-you-except-yourself-i-wanted/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/don-t-assume-you-re-always-going-to-be-understood-i-wrote-in-a-column/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) > [Tea seems to tenderize cheap cuts of beef. After cooking chuck, boiling beef and brisket (I even mixed rib eye, which is ever so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heloise/tea-seems-to-tenderize-cheap-cuts-of-beef-after-cooking-chuck-boiling/) [Heloise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heloise/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/follow-thee/heloise/#itemlist", "name": "1 Follow Thee Quotes By Heloise", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“[A]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first to the sacred garments and monastic profession before thou gavest thyself to God. And for that in this one thing thou shouldst have had little trust in me I vehemently grieved and was ashamed. For I (God [knows]) would without hesitation precede or follow thee to the Vulcanian fires according to thy word. 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