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Monthly Archives: May 2017

May 29, 2017

A Touch of Classical Wisdom VII

The Prose Edda

All doorways

 Before entering

Gaze into carefully;

One never knows

Where on the benches

Enemies are sitting.

–Sayings of the High One. As said by King Gylfi in The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturlson. [1]

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