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Wealth is as swift as a winking eye,
Of friends the falsest it is.
77.Cattle die, and kinsmen die,
And so one dies one's self;
But a noble name will never die,
If good renown one gets.
78.Cattle die, and kinsmen die,
And so one dies one's self;
One thing now that never dies,
The fame of a dead man's deeds.
79.Certain is that which is sought from runes,
That the gods so great have made,
And the Master-Poet painted;
-lacuna-
-lacuna- of the race of gods:
Silence is safest and best.
80.An unwise man, if a maiden's love
Or wealth he chances to win,