Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 52
1923No great thing needs a man to give,Oft little will purchase praise;With half a loaf and a half-filled cupA friend full fast I made.Free to read · Built for close study
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No great thing needs a man to give,Oft little will purchase praise;With half a loaf and a half-filled cupA friend full fast I made.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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