# Quote — Peter Ustinov, Dear Me

> I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool, an optimist must know what a sad place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

- Author: [Peter Ustinov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-ustinov.md)
- Book: [Dear Me](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-ustinov/dear-me.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov#Dear_Me_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-ustinov/dear-me/i-am-an-optimist

## More from this book

> Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our one duty is to furnish it well.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-ustinov/dear-me/once-we-are.md)

> To all those who by accident or design, have not been included in this book.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-ustinov/dear-me/to-all-those.md)

> Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/peter-ustinov/dear-me/life-was-cheap.md)