Pocket Havamal Quotes

“A foolish man
is all night awake,
pondering over everything;
he than grows tired;
and when morning comes,
all is lament as before.”
― Benjamin Thorpe, Pocket Havamal

“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.”
― Benjamin Thorpe, Pocket Havamal

“22. A miserable man, and ill-conditioned, sneers at everything: one thing he knows not, which he ought to know, that he is not free from faults.”
― Sæmundr fróði, Pocket Havamal

“95. The mind only knows what lies near the heart, that alone is conscious of our affections. No disease is worse to a sensible man than not to be content with himself.”
― Sæmundr fróði, Pocket Havamal

“58. He should early rise, who another’s property or life desires to have. Seldom a sluggish wolf gets prey, or a sleeping man victory.”
― Sæmundr fróði, Pocket Havamal