Famous quotes containing the words surgeon and/or general:
“The surgeon doesn’t operate without first taking off the patient’s clothes. Nor do we with the mind.”
—Muriel Box (b. 1905)
“A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
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