Icelandic Saga quotes

Fred’s Icelandic Saga Quotes

1 “the counsel of fools is all the more dangerous the more of them there are”, Olaf the Peacock

2 “where fault can be found, the good is ignored”, Asgrim  Ellida-Grimsson

3 “men who always quarrel have no wish for treaties”, unknown poet

4 “Each of the wise should wield his power in moderation;

     He will find that no one is foremost when stout men gather”

1 Laxdaela Saga,

p. 90 Translated with an intro by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson 1969, Penguin, Cox and Wyman Ltd, Great Britain

2 Njal’s Saga,

p. 295, Translated by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson, The Penguin Classics

3 King Harald’s Saga,

p. 124,  Snorri Sturluson, Translated by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson, The Penguin Classics

4 The Sayings of the High One (Havamal) p.64

from p. 233, Viking Age Iceland, Jesse Byock, 2001, Penguin, London