Comprehensive Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

— Robert Burton

The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“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 on the shoulders of giants. We see more things than the ancients and things more distant, but it is due…

— Anonymous

A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the further of the two.

— George Herbert

A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.

— George Herbert

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 [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

“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

A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

— George Herbert

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

— Bernard of Chartres

“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