John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
5282 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 5282 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) |
| QUOTATION: | A dwarf sees farther than the giant when he has the giant’s shoulder to mount on. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Friend. Sec. i. Essay 8. |
| Note 1. See Burton, Quotation 5. [back] |