Ever since the blood of Abel … / there has been hatred, envy, greed afoot in this world. / This is where you must live, among thieves and killers.

- “Maxims I-C,” translated by Mark Halliday. From the new collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry The Word Exchange

(Source: The Wall Street Journal)

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