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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:Scorn not ever the gray-haired singer,Oft do the old speak good;(Oft from shrivelled skin come skillful counsels,Though it hang with the hides,And flap with the pelts,And is blown with the bellies.)

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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: Scorn not ever the gray-haired singer, Oft do the old speak good; (Oft from shrivelled skin come skillful counsels, Though it hang with the hides, And flap with the pelts, And is blown with the bellies.)

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 134. Public domain in the United States.

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