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He laughs best whose laugh lasts.

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
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A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
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A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.
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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
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Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.
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As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.
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