Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.
JOAN OF ARCSettle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
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I used to say, “Go boldly in among the English,” and then I used to go boldly in myself.
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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
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All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
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I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.
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Do you think the Voice would come to me? I would that every one could hear the Voice as I hear it.
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I would not say anything more. If I did say anything, afterwards I would always declare that you made me say it by force!
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I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year.
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Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
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It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love.
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I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.
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Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.
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If ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to any one, whosoever it may be.
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I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
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But I must go, and I must do this thing, because my Lord will have it so. Rather now than tomorrow, and tomorrow than the day after!
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