Skapti Thoroddson (Grettir’s Saga)

Quote attributed to the Althing Lawspeaker, Skapti Thoroddson (in Grettir’s Saga)

“Many a man’s death has come through overconfidence.”

• Spoken by Lawspeaker Skapti Thoroddson in chapter 54 of the anonymously written Grettir’s Saga (c. 14th century), translated by Jesse Byock (Oxford World’s Classics, 2009).