“I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.”– Voltaire Related Quotes “A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.”– Georges Bataille “If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.”– Frances Wright “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”– Charles Spurgeon