Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 9
1923Happy the man who has while he livesWisdom and praise as well,For evil counsel a man full oftHas from another’s heart.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 9
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 9
1866He is happy,who in himself possessesfame and wit while living;for bad counselshave oft been receivedfrom another’s breast.Olive Bray · stanza 9
1908Old Norse
Sá es s ǽ ll es sjalfr of álof ok vit meþan lifir,þvít ill ráþ hefr maþr opt þegitannars brjóstum ór.English translation
Happy is he who hath in himselfpraise and wisdom in life;for oft doth a man ill counsel getwhen ‘tis born in another’s breast.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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- Public domain in the United States
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