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title: "4 Surgery Better Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Surgery Better quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Surgery Better sayings and thoughts."
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> [Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/geology-does-better-in-reclothing-dry-bones-and-revealing-lost/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [Nobody would have me in their laboratory for five minutes. I couldn't cut up a frog, and I certainly couldn't perform surgery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lasker/nobody-would-have-me-in-their-laboratory-for-five-minutes-i-couldn-t/)

[Mary Lasker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lasker/)

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> [I couldn't cut up a frog, and I certainly couldn't perform surgery. I'm better at making it possible for other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lasker/i-couldn-t-cut-up-a-frog-and-i-certainly-couldn-t-perform-surgery-i-m/)

[Mary Lasker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lasker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/mary-lasker-50852_cutting_i-couldn-t-cut-up-a-frog-and-i-certainly_1524752.png)

> [I would like to think that Ive left the world of cardiovascular surgery better than when I found it. That would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-walton-lillehei/i-would-like-to-think-that-ive-left-the-world-of-cardiovascular/)

[C. Walton Lillehei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-walton-lillehei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/c-walton-lillehei-79452_cardiovascular_i-would-like-to-think-that-ive-left-the_3086062.png)

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