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LinesA witless man, when he meets with men,Had best in silence abide;For no one shall find that nothing he knows,If his mouth is not open too much.(But a man knows not, if nothing he knows,When his mouth has been open too much.)

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A witless man, when he meets with men, Had best in silence abide; For no one shall find that nothing he knows, If his mouth is not open too much. (But a man knows not, if nothing he knows, When his mouth has been open too much.)

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 27. Public domain in the United States.