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Laurence J. Peter , Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977), ISBN 0-688-03217-6, p. 324

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It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.

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Some Blockett-type employees actually believe that they have received a genuine promotion; others recognize the truth. But the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the hierarchy. When this is achieved, the maneuver is counted a success.

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— The Peter Principle (1969, pg. 38): This phenomenon is called by Peter "percussive sublimation", or "being kicked upstairs".

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If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

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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.

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