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118. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      A bad man
      Let thou never
      Know thy misfortunes;
      For from a bad man
      Thou never wilt obtain
      A return for thy good will.

119. I saw mortally
      Wound a man
      A wicked woman's words;
      A false tongue
      Caused his death,
      And most unrighteously.

120. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      If thou knowest thou hast a friend,
      Whom thou well canst trust,
      Go oft to visit him;
      For with brushwood overgrown
      And with high grass
      Is the way that no one treads.

121. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      A good man attract to thee
      In pleasant converse,
      And salutary speech learn, while thou livest.

122. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
      To take advice;
      Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
      With thy friend
      Be thou never
      First to quarrel.
      Care gnaws the heart,