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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:Be never the first to break with thy friendThe bond that holds you both;Care eats the heart if thou canst not speakTo another all thy 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: Be never the first to break with thy friend The bond that holds you both; Care eats the heart if thou canst not speak To another all thy thought.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 121. Public domain in the United States.

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