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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.