Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 26
1923An ignorant man thinks that all he knows,When he sits by himself in a corner;But never what answer to make he know.,When others with questions come.Free to read · Built for close study
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An ignorant man thinks that all he knows,When he sits by himself in a corner;But never what answer to make he know.,When others with questions come.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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