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Laurence J. Peter

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Aristotle's axiom: The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.


— Laurence J. Peter


#equality

The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.


— Laurence J. Peter


#problems #temptation #temptation

Speak when you are angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.


— Laurence J. Peter


#inspirational #inspirational

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.


— Laurence J. Peter


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A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.


— Laurence J. Peter


#crosses #looks #man #pessimist #street

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.


— Laurence J. Peter


#armor #ignorance #like #logic

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.


— Laurence J. Peter


#how #intelligence #man #shows #smart

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.


— Laurence J. Peter


#angry #best #ever #make #regret

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.


— Laurence J. Peter


#get #lead #out #way

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.


— Laurence J. Peter


#know #knows #man #until






About Laurence J. Peter






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It is a heavily quoted principle at the Marshall School of Business. in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties. He became widely famous in 1968 on the publication of The Peter Principle in which he states: "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16 1919 – January 12 1990) was an educator and "hierarchiologist" best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle.

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