Celts Quote by Anonymous

“We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not…

— Bernard De Chartres

We are like dwarfs [the moderns] sitting on the shoulders of giants [the ancients]. Our glance can thus take in more things and reach…

— Bernard of Chartres

We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because…

— John of Salisbury

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they.

— Bernard of Chartres

“We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants; thanks to them, we see farther than they. Busying ourselves with the treatises written…

— Carter Lindberg

It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“It's hopeless," he went on. "We no longer have the learning of the ancients, the age of giants is past!" "We are dwarfs," William…

— Umberto Eco

“If I had seen further than others, it's because I stood upon the shoulders of giants.”

— Isaac NewtonNew

To see things for what they are is to see with the eyes of the vastness itself.

— Suzanne Segal

We [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants [the Ancients], and thus we are able to see more and farther…

— Bernard of Chartres

If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.

— Murray Gell-Mann

“Dwarfs can often do the work of giants when they are transformed by the almost magic power of great mental concentration.”

— Theron Q. Dumont