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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:An evil man thou must not letBring aught of ill to thee;For an evil man will never makeReward for a worthy thought.

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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: An evil man thou must not let Bring aught of ill to thee; For an evil man will never make Reward for a worthy thought.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 117. Public domain in the United States.

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