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> [Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/before-publishers-blurbs-were-invented-authors-had-to-make-their/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

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## More by Laurence J. Peter

> [You don't need to take a persons advice to make him feel good, just ask him for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/you-don-t-need-to-take-a-persons-advice-to-make-him-feel-good-just/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [The surest sign that you haven't any sense is to argue with one who hasn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/the-surest-sign-that-you-haven-t-any-sense-is-to-argue-with-one-who/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/it-is-wise-to-remember-that-you-are-one-of-those-who-can-be-fooled/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/everyone-rises-to-their-level-of-incompetence/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Give a child enough rope and he will trip you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/give-a-child-enough-rope-and-he-will-trip-you-up/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/incompetence-plus-incompetence-equals-incompetence/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [He laughs best whose laugh lasts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/he-laughs-best-whose-laugh-lasts/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/the-best-intelligence-test-is-what-we-do-with-our-leisure/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [A man convinced against his will is not convinced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/a-man-convinced-against-his-will-is-not-convinced/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/bore-a-fellow-who-can-change-the-subject-back-to-his-topic-of/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/men-now-monopolize-the-upper-levels-depriving-women-of-their-rightful/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/an-optimist-is-one-who-makes-the-best-of-it-when-he-gets-the-worst-of/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/the-seaman-tells-stories-of-winds-the-ploughman-of-bulls-the-soldier/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/nobody-can-be-perfect-unless-he-admits-his-faults-but-if-he-has/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

> [Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-j-peter/early-to-bed-early-to-rise-work-like-hell-and-advertise/)

[Laurence J. Peter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-j-peter/)

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