Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990)

> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Peter-Le-principe-de-Peter/1282336
> Antihuman, le 23/11/2011 (Critiques Libres) : https://critiqueslibres.com/i.php/vcrit/29066
> Nicolas Journet, le 18/6/2018 (Sciences Humaines) : https://www.scienceshumaines.com/le-principe-de-peter_fr_39784.html
> Bouquinovore, le 20/2/2012 (Paperblog) : https://www.paperblog.fr/5330029/le-principe-de-peter-laurence-j-peter-et-raymon...

> Le principe de Peter plonge tout lecteur dans l'émerveillement, en lui faisant découvrir qu'un patron, un chef de service peuvent être moins compétents qu'il ne le suppose et que, malgré cette incompétence, ils ont pu s'élever très haut dans l'échelle sociale. Il en vient alors à se poser la question : et moi, et moi, et moi ?
—Psychologies magazine

> Peter L. J. et Hull R. — Le principe de Peter. Paris, Stock, 1970
In: Bulletin de psychologie, tome 24 n°290, 1971. pp. 399-400. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://www.persee.fr/doc/bupsy_0007-4403_1971_num_24_290_10248_t1_0399_0000_5… (altro)

Nice collection of aphorisms and nuggets of wisdom. Some of my favorite aphorisms are listed below:

The equal toleration of all religions…is the same thing as atheism. —Pope Leo XIII
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The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition, and incompetence. —Elbert Hubbard
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If modern civilized man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically. —Christian Morgenstern
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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. —George Jean Nathan
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The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crises maintain their neutrality. —Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
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An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory. —Franklin P. Jones
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If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty. —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. —H. L. Mencken
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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. —Seneca (4 B.C.–A.D. 65)
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The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. —Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899)
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them. —Mark Twain
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
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Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. —Polish Proverb
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Committee—a group of the unfit, appointed by the unwilling, to do the unnecessary. —Stewart Harrol
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Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes. —Oswald Spengler
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