Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VoltaireRead
"You're a bitter man," said Candide. _x000D_ "That's because I've lived," said Martin.
Interpretation
Experience often leads to bitterness due to the harsh realities of life.
This quote from Voltaire illustrates the contrast between Candide's naivety and Martin's cynical wisdom. Martin's bitter outlook on life is a result of his accumulated experiences and suffering, suggesting that a deep understanding of life's hardships can profoundly shape one's perspective and demeanor.
In practice
During a discussion on life experiences at a philosophy club.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other's dreams
If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose.
The humiliation I go through/when I think of my past/can only be described as grace./We are created by being destroyed.
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