HAVAMAL 127

Bellows:

Profit thou hast if thou hearest,
Great thy gain if thou learnest:
Be never the first to break with thy friend
The bond that holds you both;
Care eats the heart if thou canst not speak
To another all thy thought.

Original Old Norse:

Ráðumk þér, Loddfáfnir,
en þú ráð nemir, –
njóta mundu, ef þú nemr,
þér munu góð, ef þú getr -:
vin þínum ver þú aldregi fyrri at flaumslitum;
sorg etr hjarta, ef þú segja né náir
einhverjum allan hug.

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