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He laughs best whose laugh lasts.

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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
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Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
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The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.
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Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
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