Laurence J. Peter
"The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months."
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"The cave-dweller's wife complained that he hadn't dragged her anywhere in months."
"تذمّرت زوجة ساكن الكهف من أنه لم يجرّها إلى أي مكان منذ شهور."
Laurence J. Peter
"Old age is when you know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions."
"الشيخوخة هي حين تملك كل الأجوبة، لكن لا أحد يسألك الأسئلة."
Laurence J. Peter
"Conscience: That which makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does."
"الضمير: ما يدفع الصبي لإخبار أمه قبل أن تفعل أخته."
Laurence J. Peter
"Early to bed early to rise work like hell and advertise."
"النوم باكرًا، والاستيقاظ باكرًا، والعمل بضراوة، ثم الإعلان."
Laurence J. Peter
"Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings."
"يُمكِّننا الطب النفسي من إصلاح عيوبنا بالاعتراف بنقائص آبائنا."
Laurence J. Peter
"When I want your opinion I'll give it to you."
"متى أردتُ رأيك، سأُمليه عليك."
Laurence J. Peter
"He laughs best whose laugh lasts."
"من ضحك أخيرًا ضحك كثيرًا."
Laurence J. Peter
"Egypt: Where the Israelites would still be if Moses had been a bureaucrat."
"مصر: حيث كان بنو إسرائيل ليقيموا إلى اليوم لو كان موسى بيروقراطياً."
Laurence J. Peter
"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."
"الصديق الحقيقي هو من تعرفه حين تقع في حماقة، فلا يرى في ذلك طبعًا أصيلًا فيك."
Laurence J. Peter
"Facts are stubborn things but statistics are more pliable."
"الحقائق عنيدة، أما الإحصائيات فأكثر مرونة."
Laurence J. Peter
"In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."
"في أي تسلسل هرمي، يرتقي كل موظف إلى مستوى عدم كفاءته."
Laurence J. Peter
"Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom."
"الكهولة هي المرحلة التي يصبح فيها أي شعور جديد لديك على الأرجح عارضًا."
Laurence J. Peter
"The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance."
Laurence J. Peter
"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today."
Laurence J. Peter
"Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing."
Laurence J. Peter
"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
"My problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying."
Laurence J. Peter
"An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it."
Laurence J. Peter
"A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to."
Laurence J. Peter
"Against logic there is no armor like ignorance."
Laurence J. Peter
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