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.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 25
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 25
1866A foolish manthinks all who speak him fairto be his friends;but he will find,if into court he comes,that he has few advocates.Olive Bray · stanza 25
1908The unwise man weens all who smileand flatter him are his friends;but when he shall come into court he shall findthere are few to defend his cause.Source
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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