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He Quotes by Laurence J. Peter
- An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
- You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
- A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
- An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
- A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
- A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
- Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?
- The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
More He Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
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- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
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- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
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