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LinesI rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:If o’er mountains or gulfs thou fain wouldst go,Look well to thy food for the way.

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I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest: If o’er mountains or gulfs thou fain wouldst go, Look well to thy food for the way.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 116. Public domain in the United States.