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> [An incompetent teacher is even worse than an incompetent surgeon because a surgeon can only cut up one person at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-l-boyer/an-incompetent-teacher-is-even-worse-than-an-incompetent-surgeon/)

[Ernest L. Boyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-l-boyer/)

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> [The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-stewart-halsted/the-only-weapon-with-which-the-unconscious-patient-can-immediately/)

[William Stewart Halsted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-stewart-halsted/)

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