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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:A shoemaker be, or a maker of shafts,For only thy single self;If the shoe is ill made, or the shaft prove false,Then evil of thee men think.

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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: A shoemaker be, or a maker of shafts, For only thy single self; If the shoe is ill made, or the shaft prove false, Then evil of thee men think.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 126. Public domain in the United States.

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