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.
![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.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/bernard-of-chartres/we-the-moderns-are-like-dwarves-perched-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-the-ancients-and-thus-we-are-able-to.jpg)
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.