"The sleeping man seldom gains victory."
In context, “sleeping” is being idle. More particularly, here, an
expedition planned by Thorkel has been cancelled by Thorkel himself. Thorkel
made much of his plans, spoke of them often, provided them with deliberative
detail, but in the end he chooses to “sleep,” to remain idle, and his kinsman Helgi
Droplaugarson offers the aforementioned
wisdom: “The sleeping man seldom gains
victory.”
How many of us are bold courageous planners who become “sleepy “as the
day of action arrives?
Vaknaðu!
Farðu![Old Norse]
Tubunitu! Miar! [Comanche]
Wake up! Go! [The language of many a sleeper.]
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