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Poetic Edda

Nought is so bad  as false to be, No friend speaks only fair.
125. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest:With a worse man speak not  three words in dispute, Ill fares the better oft When the worse man wields a sword.
126. 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.
127. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!  and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest:If evil thou knowest,  as evil proclaim it, And make no friendship with foes.
128. I rede thee, Loddfafnir!    and hear thou my rede,— Profit thou hast if thou hearest,

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