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Men Quotes by Laurence J. Peter
- Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?
- There are some men who in a fifty-fifty proposition insist on getting the hyphen too.
- The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.
- An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
- The man who believes he can do it is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't.
- A lawyer is a man who helps you get what is coming to him.
- Every man serves a useful purpose: a miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
- A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
- 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.
- Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.
- A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
- Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
- The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
- Fools rush in where wise men fear to trade.
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