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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.

— Peter Ustinov Dear Me (1977)

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To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

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Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

All the hideously calculated hypocrisy of men when they commit a murder in the name of justice.

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