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Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?

Laurence J. Peter

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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
Laurence Peter
Faults
Unless
Nobody
Literature
Perfect
Admits

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