Who sit within,
Of what race they are who come.
134. Vices and virtues
The sons of mortals bear
In their breasts mingled;
No one is so good
That no failing attends him,
Nor so bad as to be good for nothing.
135. At a hoary speaker
Laugh thou never,
Often is good that which the aged utter;
Oft from a shriveled hide
Discreet words issue,
From those whose skin is pendent
And decked with scars,
And who go loitering among the vile.
136. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
To take advice;
Thou wilt profit, if thou takest it.
Rail not at a guest,
Nor from thy gate thrust him;
Treat well the indigent,
They will speak well of thee.
137. Strong is the bar
That must be raised
To admit all.[1]
Do thou give a penny,
Or they will call down on thee
Every ill on thy limbs.
138. I counsel thee, Lodfafner,
To take advice;
Thou will profit, if thou takest it.
Wherever thou beer drinkest,
- ↑ The meaning is, it is difficult to show hospitality to everybody. A door
would have to be strong to stand so much opening and shutting.
