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Three things from which never to be moved: one's Oaths, one's Gods, and the Truth.
The three highest causes of the true human are: Truth, Honor, and Duty.
Three candles that illuminate every darkness: Truth, Nature, and Knowledge.
Three worst smiles: the smile of a wave,the smile of a loose woman,the grin of a dog ready to leap.
The three things that ruin wisdom: ignornace, inaccurate knowledge, forgetfulness.
Three sons that do not share inheritance: a son begotten in a brake, the son of a slave, the son of a girl still wearing tresses.
The Three wealths of fortunate people: a ready conveyance,
ale without a habitation, and a safeguard upon the road
Three wealths in barren places: a well in a mountain, fire out of a stone, wealth in the possession of a hard man.
The rocks to which lawful behavior is tied: A monastery, a chieftain, the family.
Three renovators of the world: the woman of a woman, a cows udder, a smiths moulding block.
Three concealments upon which forfeiture does not close:
a wife's dowry, the food of a married couple, a boy's foster fee.
Three contracts that are reversed by the decision of a judge:
the contracts of a woman, of a son, of a cotter.
Three excellences of dress-elegance,comfort, lastingness
Three that are not entitled to sick-maintenance: a man who absconds from his chief,from his family, from a poet.
Three causes that do not die with neglect: the causes of an imbecile, and of oppression, and of ignorance
Three bloodsheds that need not be impunged:the bloodshed of battle,of jealousy,of mediating
Three cohabitations that do not pay a marriage-portion:
taking her by force,outraging her without her knowledge thru
drunkenness, her being violated by a King.
Three deposits that need not be returned:the deposits of an imbecile,and of a high dignitary, and a fixed deposit.
Three that are incapable of special contracts: a son whose father is alive, a betrothed woman, the serf of a chief.
Three chains by which evil propensity is bound: a covenant, a monastic rule, law.
Three candles that illumine every darkness: truth, nature, knowledge.
Three things that constitute a king: A contract with other kings, the feast of Tara, abundance during his reign.
Three locks that lock up secrets: shame, silence, closeness
Three keys that unlock thoughts:drunkenness, trustfulness, love.
Three inheritances that are divided in the presence of heirs: the inheritance of a jester, of a madman, of an old man.
Three youthful sisters:desire,beauty,generosity.
Three aged sisters:Groaning,chastity,ugliness
Three entertainers of a gathering: a jester ,a juggler, a lap-dog.
Three nurses of dignity: a fine figure, a good memory, piety.
Three nurses of high spirits: pride, wooing, drunkenness.
Three dark things of the world: giving a thing into keeping, guaranteeing, fostering.
Three that are most difficult to talk to: a king about his booty, a Viking in his hauberk, a boor who's under patronage.
Three well-bred sisters: constancy,well-spokenness,kindliness
Three ill-bred sisters: fierceness, lustfulness, obduracy
Three sisters of good fortune: good breeding,liberality,mirth
Three sisters of good repute: dilligence, prudence, bountifulness
Three sisters of ill-repute: intertness,grudging,closefistedness
Three angry sisters: blasphemy,strife,foulmouthedness
Three that neither swear nor are sworn:
a woman,a son who does not support his father, a dumb person
Three that are not entitled to renunciation of authority:
a son and his father, a wife and her husband, a serf and lord
Three things best for a chief (Leader): justice, peace, an army.
Three worst things for a chief: treachery, evil counsel, sloth
Three who do not adjudicate though they are possessed of wisdom: a man who sues,a man who is being sued, a man who is bribed to give judgment
Three maidens that bring hatred upon misfortune: talking, laziness, insincerity
Three maidens that bring love to good fortune: silence, diligence, sincerity.
Three excellences of dress: elegance,comfort, lastingness
Three Steadinesses of good womanhood:
keeping a steady tongue, a steady chastity and
a steady housewifery.
Three strayings of bad womanhood :letting her tongue, her chastity, and her housewifery go astray.
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