Fidelis of Sigmaringen quotes
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“Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.”
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“It is because of faith that we exchange the present for the future.”
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“I am sent to you to confute, not to embrace your heresy. The Catholic religion is the faith of all ages, I fear not death. . . Pardon my enemies, O Lord: blinded by passion they know not what they do. Lord Jesus, have mercy on me. Mary, Mother of God, succor me!”
-- Fidelis of Sigmaringen
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Source : Allan Massie (2010). “A Question Of Loyalties”, p.30, Canongate Books
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“A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.”
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“The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship,”
Source : "Syrian President: U.S.-led airstrikes have caused 'no change' in ISIS strength" by Greg Botelho, www.cnn.com. December 3, 2014.
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