Olaf “Peacock” Hoskuldsson (c. 938-1006)
“Let the man of best judgment determine our course; the counsel of fools is the more misguided the more of them there are.”
- Quote attributed to Olaf Peacock in chapter 21 of the anonymously-written Laxdæla Saga, c. 13th century, translated by Keneva Kunz. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008.