I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
JOAN OF ARCYou 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.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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I am the drum on which God is beating out his message.
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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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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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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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About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.
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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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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body,
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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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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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Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
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Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
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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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[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 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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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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