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LinesCertain is that which is sought from runes,That the gods so great have made,And the Master-Poet painted;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . of the race of gods:Silence is safest and best.

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Certain is that which is sought from runes, That the gods so great have made, And the Master-Poet painted; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of the race of gods: Silence is safest and best.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 79. Public domain in the United States.