"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a……" — Robert Burton
"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself."
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45 Quotes by Robert Burton
Robert Burton has 45 quotes on this site.
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in…
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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.
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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to…
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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
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We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
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Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has…
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Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental…
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Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the…
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Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations.
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More Dwarf Quotes
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one of 73 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The insane little dwarf, Bush.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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The momentum of Asia's economic development is already generating massive pressures for the exploration and exploitation of new sources of…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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At times many of us let that enemy of achievement--even the culprit 'self-defeat'--dwarf our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have…
— Thomas Sowell
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It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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When the Sun shrinks to a dull red dwarf, it will not be dying. It will just be starting to…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off…
— Benjamin Franklin Fairless
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Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
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Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital…
— William Matthews
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Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and…
— Victor Hugo
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A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.
— Seneca the Younger
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