Havamal Snippets 27: If unwise, be quiet, don't babble

It's Wednesday (Woden/Odin's Day) which means that it's time for another verse from the Havamal 'Sayings of the High One - Odin'. The poem full of wisdom, both everyday and ethereal. (The poem can be found in full HERE):

27. A foolish man,
who among people comes,
had best be silent;
for no one knows
that he knows nothing,
unless he talks to much.
He who previously knew nothing
will still know nothing
talk he ever so much. 

(Source: http://heathengods.com/havamal/thorpe.htm)

As Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain said: "It's best to keep your mouth closed and let them think you a fool than open it and remove all doubt."


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