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Poetic Edda

Nought is so bad  as false to be,
 No friend speaks only fair.

125. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,—
 Profit thou hast if thou hearest,
 Great thy gain if thou learnest:
With a worse man speak not  three words in dispute,
 Ill fares the better oft
 When the worse man wields a sword.

126. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,—
 Profit thou hast if thou hearest,
 Great thy gain if thou learnest:
A shoemaker be,  or a maker of shafts,
 For only thy single self;
If the shoe is ill made,  or the shaft prove false,
 Then evil of thee men think.

127. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,—
 Profit thou hast if thou hearest,
 Great thy gain if thou learnest:
If evil thou knowest,  as evil proclaim it,
 And make no friendship with foes.

128. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!    and hear thou my rede,—
 Profit thou hast if thou hearest,

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