Laurence J. Peter

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Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16, 1919 – January 12, 1990) was a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist" who is best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle.

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In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

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Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

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Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe.

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Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.

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The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment.

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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

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You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

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If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

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Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.

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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

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You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

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