If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

(牛顿再回复Robert Hooke的询问时说的这句话：Hooke asked Newton why he achieved more when he believed himself the more intellectual, creative and scientific of the two men. Why wasn’t he getting the plaudits?

牛顿之所以看得更远些，是因为他站在了巨人的肩上

“Standing on the shoulders of giants" 这句话最早来自拉丁文“nanos gigantum humeris insidentes”意思是“矮子站在巨人的肩上”），最早见于12世纪的Bernard of Chartres

《左传》记载：孔文子之将攻大叔也，访于仲尼。仲尼后来对他说：“鸟则择木，木岂能择鸟？”

还是“良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事”吧！