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14. Drunk I was,
    I was over-drunk,
    At that cunning Fjalar's.
    It's the best drunkenness
    When every one after it
    Regains his reason.

15. Taciturn and prudent,
    And in war daring
    Should a king's children be;
    Joyous and liberal
    Everyone should be
    Until his hour of death.

16. A cowardly man
    Thinks he will ever live
    If warfare he avoids;
    But old age will
    Give him no peace.
    Though spears may spare him.

17. A fool gapes
    When to a house he comes,
    To himself mutters or is silent;
    But all at once,
    If he gets drink,
    Then is the man's mind displayed.

18. He alone knows,
    Who wanders wide
    And has much experienced,
    By what disposition
    Each man is ruled,
    Who common sense possesses.

19. Let a man hold the cup,
    Yet of the mead drink moderately,
    Speak sensibly or be silent.
    As of a fault
    No man will admonish thee,
    If thou goest betimes to sleep.