Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 63
1923To question and answer must all be readyWho wish to be known as wise;Tell one thy thoughts, but beware of two,—All know what is known to three.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 63
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 62
1866Inquire and impartshould every man of sense,who will be accounted sage.Let one only know,a second may not;if three, all the world knows.Olive Bray · stanza 63
1908Each man who is wise and would wise be calledmust ask and answer aright.Let one know thy secret, but never a second, –if three a thousand shall know.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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