Children say that people are hanged sometimes for speaking the truth.
• Variant translation: There is a saying among children that sometimes one is hanged for speaking the truth." - Meaning and context.">
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From the trial transcript, as quoted in World Famous Women: Types of Female Heroism, Beauty, and Influence from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (1881) by Frank Boott Goodrich, p. 126
 • "Et dixit quod dictum parvorum puerorum est quod aliquando homines bene suspenduntur pro dicendo veritatem, And she said that it was a saying of small boys that sometimes men are well hanged for speaking truth." (Trial Transcript, Session Three: February 24, 1431.)
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Children say that people are hanged sometimes for speaking the truth.
• Variant translation: There is a saying among children that sometimes one is hanged for speaking the truth.

— Joan of Arc

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Children say that people are hanged sometimes for speaking the truth.
• Variant translation: There is a saying among children that sometimes one is hanged for speaking the truth." in the context of "From the trial transcript, as quoted in World Famous Women: Types of Female Heroism, Beauty, and Influence from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time (1881) by Frank Boott Goodrich, p. 126
 • "Et dixit quod dictum parvorum puerorum est quod aliquando homines bene suspenduntur pro dicendo veritatem, And she said that it was a saying of small boys that sometimes men are well hanged for speaking truth." (Trial Transcript, Session Three: February 24, 1431.)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Joan of Arc

Jehanne Darc also known as Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) (c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) was a religious visionary, martyr, saint and heroine of France. Burned at the stake as a heretic after sentencing by a tribunal of pro-English clergy, she was later cleared of the charges during an appellate trial of the Inquisition on 7 July 1456, and canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church on 16 May 1920.