If I refuse to allow my leg to be amputated, its mortification and my death may prove that I was wrong; but if I let the leg go, nobody can ever prove that it would not have mortified had I been obstinate. Operation is therefore the safe side for the surgeon as well as the lucrative side.

George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters (ed. e-artnow, 2015) - ISBN: 9788026834410