a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants

A person whose insights, discoveries, or knowledge in general is not due to ingenuity on his or her own part, but rather due to the discoveries or previous work of great minds that have come before. Though this is indeed an exciting discovery toward curing cancer, I am but a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants.

See also: giant, of, on, shoulder, standing

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maximilian	mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Lyydia	LUY:-dee-ah	Finnish
HipÓLito	ee-PO-lee-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Alexandrina	[.æligza:n'dri:nə]
Bartomeu	-	Catalan
Samppa	SAHMP-pah	Finnish