Bernard of Chartres famous quotes

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

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We are like dwarfs [the moderns] sitting on the shoulders of giants [the ancients]. Our glance can thus take in more things and reach farther than theirs. It is not because our sight is sharper nor our height greater than theirs; it is that we are carried and elevated by the high stature of the giants.
-- Bernard of Chartres

#Science #Sight #Progress

We [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants [the Ancients], and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.
-- Bernard of Chartres

#Inspirational #Life #Dwarves

Keeping a diary is advanced-level living. I spend way too much time trying not to curl up in the corner like a giant fetus & weep to keep a diary.

The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.

The universe is simmering down, like a giant stew left to cook for four billion years. Sooner or later we won’t be able to tell the carrots from the onions.

I've always been told I have a giant placenta.

With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.

One seldom recognizes the devil when he is putting his hand on your shoulder.

There's really no honor in proving that you can carry the entire load on your own shoulders. Andit's lonely.

Howdy. I'm gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don't mind none.

Why you got your ***** on your shoulders?

If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.