“Trust is good, control is better.”
Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) Russian politician, led the October Revolution
“For the first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.”
— Elfriede Jelinek, book The Piano Teacher
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The Piano Teacher (1988)
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