Olaf Peacock (from Laxdæla Saga)

Olaf "Peacock" Hoskuldsson (c. 938-1006)

"Let the man of best judgement determine our course; the counsel of fools is the more misguided the more of them there are."

• Quote attributed to Olaf Peacock in the anonymously-written Laxdæla Saga, c. 13th century, translated by Keneva Kunz. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008.

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