Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 133
1923Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the houseWhat kind is the man who comes;None so good is found that faults he has not,Nor so wicked that nought he is worth.Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 133
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 135
1866Vices and virtuesthe sons of mortals bearin their breasts mingled;no one is so goodthat no failing attends him,nor so bad as to be good for nothing.Olive Bray · stanza 132
1908Old Norse
opt vitu ógörla þeirs sitja inni fyrir,hvers þeir’u kyns es koma.Esat maþr svá góþr, at galli né fylgi,né svá illr, at einugi dugi.English translation
They know but unsurely who sit withinwhat manner of man is come:none is found so good, but some fault attends him,or so ill but he serves for somewhat.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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