“It is better to pick the wrong priority than none at all.”
Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 1, p. 119
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“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
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Variant: Love all, trust a few.
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