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Laurence J. Peter

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September 16, 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

died

January 12, 1990

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Nonfiction

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Dr. Laurence J. Peter was an educator and "hierarchiologist," best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 461 ratings · 62 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Peter Principle by Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull 3.73 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1969 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Peter Prescription; How to Be Creative, Confident and Competent 3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Why Things Go Wrong, Or, the Peter Principle Revisited 3.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Peter Pyramid, Or, Will We Ever Get the Point? 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Peter Plan 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pītā No Hōsoku: Sōzōteki Munō No Susume by Laurence J. Peter, レイモンド・ハル, 渡辺伸也 (翻訳) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Formulas de Peter, Las 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Peter's People and Their Marvelous Ideas 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	Das Peter-Prinzip: oder Die Hierarchie der Unfähigen by Laurence J. Peter, Michael Jungblut (Übersetzer) 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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“Aristotle's axiom: The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”
― Laurence J. Peter, Peter's People and Their Marvelous Ideas

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“The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.”
― Laurence J. Peter

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“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.”
― Laurence J. Peter

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