Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 25
1923The foolish man for friends all thoseWho laugh at him will hold;But the truth when he comes to the council he learns,That few in his favor will speak.Free to read · Built for close study
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The foolish man for friends all thoseWho laugh at him will hold;But the truth when he comes to the council he learns,That few in his favor will speak.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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