I would have gone nevertheless.
JOAN OF ARC[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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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It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love.
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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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Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.
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Four things are laid upon me: to drive out the English; to bring you to be crowned and anointed at Reims; to rescue the Duke of Orléans from the hands of the English; and to raise the siege of Orléans.
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But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
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The poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.
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King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France.
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All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
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Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!
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As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.
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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body,
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Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
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I die for speaking the language of the angels.
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Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
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