Öl er ekki jafngott sem það er kveðið, að sé gumna sonum.
“Ale is not as good for the sons of men as it is said to be.”
Drink is praised more than it deserves; it clouds judgment more often than it helps.
— Traditional Iceland Wisdom, Iceland
Source: Hávamál (Poetic Edda), Codex Regius manuscript, 13th-century Iceland — public-domain medieval text
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