Isaac Newton

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or read more

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.