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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:Look not up when the battle is on,—(Like madmen the sons of men become,—)Lest men bewitch thy wits.

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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: Look not up when the battle is on,— (Like madmen the sons of men become,—) Lest men bewitch thy wits.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 129. Public domain in the United States.