It is better to live, even to live miserably; a living man can always get a cow. I saw fire consume the rich man’s property, and death stood without his door.
Betra er lifðum en sé ólifðum ey getr kvikr kú eld sá ek upp brenna auðgum manni fyrir en úti var dauðr fyr durum
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