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The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.

Elfriede Jelinek
Firsts, Fine
Elfriede Jelinek (2010). “The Piano Teacher”, p.10, Profile Books
The first thing a proprietor learns, and painfully at that, is: Trust is fine, but control is better.