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      If thou to no one canst
      Thy whole mind disclose.

128. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      Words thou never
      Shouldst exchange
      With a witless fool.

124. For from an ill-conditioned man
      Thou wilt never get
      A return for good;
      But a good man will
      Bring thee favor
      By his praise.

125. There is a mingling of affection,
      Where one can tell
      Another all his mind.
      Everything is better
      Than being with the deceitful.
      He is not another's friend
      Who ever says as he says.

126. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      Even in three words
      Quarrel not with a worse man:
      Often the better yields,
      When the worse strikes.

127. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      Be not a shoemaker
      Nor a shaftmaker,
      Unless for thyself it be:
      For a shoe, if ill made,
      Or a shaft if crooked,
      Will call down evil on thee.