Grettir’s Saga (anonymously-written Icelandic text, c. 14th century)
“Few things lead more certainly to misfortune than not being able to accept what is good.”
- Spoken by the witch, Thurid, in chapter 78 of the anonymously written Grettir’s Saga (c. 14th century), translated by Jesse Byock (Oxford World’s Classics, 2009).
