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It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits

It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.

Charles Caleb Colton
Knowledge, Dwarves, Discovery
Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.203

Oh, I'm a dangerous criminal, I am,' said the dwarf cheerfully.

C. S. Lewis
Dwarves, Criminals, Said
C.S.Lewis (2016). “The Chronicles of Narnia Vol II: Prince Caspian”, p.24, ENRICH CULTURE GROUP LIMITED

That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their heads." "That's because our heads have something inside them," said Lucy.

C. S. Lewis
Girl, Dwarves, Maps

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

When I lie down to love, old dwarf heart shakes her head. Like an imbecile she was born old.

Anne Sexton
Lying, Heart, Dwarves
Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.50, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

It's a different rhythm than most movies. For a lot of the actors, you're 12,000 miles away from home. It becomes a way of life - getting up at five in the morning, shooting every day, day in day out, for 270 days. The new cast playing the dwarves were carrying incredibly heavy weights in their suits, they sat through hours of make-up every day. So it's quite challenging from a stamina point of view.

Andy Serkis
Morning, Home, Dwarves
Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

The woman's cause is man's. They rise or sink Together. / Dwarf'd or godlike, bound or free; miserable, / How shall men grow? - Let her be / All that not harms distinctive womanhood.

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Men, Dwarves, Together

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