63 Norse Proverbs / Page 6
- 51. The speech of a maiden should no man trust nor the words which a woman says; for their hearts were shaped on a whirling wheel and falsehood fixed in their breasts.
 - 52. The summer moments always pass quickly.
- 53. The wolf and the dog do not play together.
- 54. There is mingling in friendship when man can utter all his whole mind to another.
- 55. There is naught so vile as a fickle tongue.
- 56. Thou shalt never sleep in the arms of a sorceress, lest she should lock thy limbs.
- 57. To be without silver is better than to be without honor.
- 58. Two heads cut off and thrown high into the tree have only the winds with which to scheme..
- 59. We speak them fairest when thoughts are falsest and wile the wisest of hearts.
- 60. Whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance.
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