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He supposed to have said "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." . But this may just have been a mean comment
by hermitcrab 5y ago
He supposed to have said "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." . But this may just have been a mean comment at the expenses of his small-of-stature rival, Hooke. (Newton was both a genius and an arsehole)