underestimate Quotes

“Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.”

“Large does not always defeat little. Little can become large by constant building; large can become little by falling apart.”

“It’s you. The indentured servant. I mean, the tenant-slash-cleaning lady.”

“If one is a woman one is often surprised by a sudden splitting off of consciousness, say in walking down Whitehall, when from being the natural inheritor of that civilisation, she becomes, on the contrary, alien and critical. ”

“We have a definition in our heads of what an advantage is - and the definition isn’t right. [...] It means that we misread battles between underdogs and giants. It means that we underestimate how much freedom there can be in what looks like a disadvantage. It’s the Little Pond that maximizes your chances to do whatever you want.”

When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart - and I thought I was so smart.

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things.”

The Elves, time travelers from the 21st century, have found a way back to the 16th century and plan to do their own plundering of the land’s rich natural resources. Their only mistake is foolishly underestimating the Sterkarms themselves.