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. . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.

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
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America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.
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do it now. There may be a law against it tomorrow.
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The modern child will answer you back before you've said anything.
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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
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A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.
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In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
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Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence.
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