[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
JOAN OF ARCMen are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.
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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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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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I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
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As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.
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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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Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter,
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Courage! Do not fall back.
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What concerns this dress is a small thing – less than nothing. I did not take it by the advice of any man in the world.
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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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The Maid and her soldiers will have the victory. Therefore the Maid is willing that you, Duke of Bedford, should not destroy yourself.
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I would have gone nevertheless.
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It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days.
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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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I used to say, “Go boldly in among the English,” and then I used to go boldly in myself.
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