“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”
Jane Austen book Persuasion
Source: Persuasion
“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”
Jane Austen book Persuasion
Source: Persuasion
“Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.”
Karen Joy Fowler (1950) American novelist, short story writer, editor
“Never underestimate yourself”
Carolyn Mackler (1973) American writer
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
“Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) playwright, writer, academic
“There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.”
Nicolas Chamfort (1741–1794) French writer
As quoted in The Cynic's Breviary : Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (1902) as translated by William G. Hutchison, p. 37
“There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.”
Diane Ackerman (1948) Author, poet, naturalist
Sometimes attributed to Ackerman this actually originates with Nicolas Chamfort, as quoted in The Cynic's Breviary : Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (1902) as translated by William G. Hutchison, p. 37
Misattributed
“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love
Source: Time Enough for Love (1973)
“Never underestimate the power of a brillian stylist.”
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Source: Mockingjay
“Never underestimate the power of human ingratitude.”
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 30, “Taglios Aroused” (p. 156)